Roatan Weather Forecast
As presented by Radio Roatan, FM 101.1 or www.roatanradio.com
and
CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com, 800-282-8932
CoCoView is at 16.3°N Latitude x 86.5°W Longitude
In the
NW Caribbean Sea
Wednesday August 03, 2011
Again, today, the weather is essentially a repeat of yesterday's. Skies will be mostly sunny, with some mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be from the ESE, at 15 to 20 mph this morning; shifting to ENE this afternoon. The seas will continue to be choppy, at 2 to 4 feet in height or higher.
The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 84F or 28C to 29C . Visibility is generally 60 to 80 feet.
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| Fig 1 – Wind Forecast for 110803 |
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| Fig 2 - Wind Forecast Map, 110803_1500 LT |
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| Fig 3 - Isobars, Cloud Cover and Precipitation Forecast Map, 110803_1500 LT |
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| Fig 4 - Graphicast |
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| Fig 5 - Tropical Surface Analysis |
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| Fig 6 - Water Vapor Analysis, early am_110803 |
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| Fig 7 - Caribbean IR Satellite, early am_110803 |
The Tropical Weather Outlook
Early this morning, TS Emily was near 16.5N 68.1W or about 1100 miles due E of the Bay Islands. It is moving WNW or 285 deg at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 45 kt with gusts to 55 kts. Minimum pressure has decreased to 1003 mb. Emily is still forecast to move WNW across the NE Caribbean through Wednesday, then into the SW North Atlantic Thursday night. Currently, this storm poses no threat to us, but all interests here, should continue to monitor its development.
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| Fig 8 - TS Emily, NHC 3 day Track Forecast_110803_5am EDT |
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| Fig 9 - TS Emily, Computer Model Runs_110803_0200am EDT |
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| Table 1 - TS Emily coordinates |
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 5:18 am LT Moon Rise – 9:10 am LT
high tide 12:13 pm LT Moon Set – 9:18 pm LT
low tide 5:55 pm LT Sunrise – 5:29 am LT
high tide 11:22 pm LT Sunset – 6:18 pm LT
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