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 16.4°N Latitude x 86.4°W Longitude
In
the
NW
Caribbean Sea
Friday
September 30, 2011
Skies
will be mostly sunny, with some mid to high level cloudiness. There
is a very slight chance of intermittent rain and squalls. NW
to NE winds, will be light and variable at 5 mph to 10 mph or less.
Seas will be calm at 1 to 3 feet. Expect these general weather
conditions to prevail through most of next week.
Fig
1 - Today's Wind Forecast
A
cold front will move into the NW Gulf of Mexico today and extend from
near Tampa Bay to NE Mexico on Saturday. By Sunday, it will reach the
NW Caribbean Sea and become stationary on a line from the Windward
Passage to the Gulf of Honduras. It will remain there through the
early part of next week, before it begins to dissipate.
Fig 2 - Today's Caribbean & Tropical Atlantic IR Satellite Image
The
air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32
(C). With the heat index, at times, it may feel like 100 plus
degrees. Everyone, especially, divers should be well hydrated.
At
depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 88F or 28C to 31C .
Visibility is generally 40 to 60 feet.
The
Tropical Weather Outlook
Ophelia
is a hurricane and is headed for Bermuda.
TS
Phillipe is still located in the far tropical Atlantic and is moving
NW. It still bears watching as a gradual turn to the SW is forecast
for early next week.
These
systems, currently do not pose a threat to us.
Else
where, tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 24
hours.
The
Tides: Moon and Sun
low
tide 4:35 pm LT Moon Rise – 8:50 am LT
high
tide 11:49 am LT Moon Set – 8:27 pm LT
low
tide 5:26 pm LT Sunrise – 5:37 am LT
high
tide 10:41 pm LT Sunset – 5:37 pm LT
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