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Friday, September 30, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday September 30, 2011


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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