Roatan Weather Forecast for Monday, Sept. 05, 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

Monday September 05, 2011

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Winds will be generally easterly at 5 to 15 mph or less. Seas will be mostly calm at 1 to 2 feet. The normal, daily, easterly trade winds are back in place. Look for the winds to decrease as the sun rises, then to start increasing about 3pm. Expect this current weather pattern to hold through the end of this week..

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (C). With the heat index and little or no wind during the day, it will feel like 100 degrees plus. Everyone, especially divers should stay well hydrated.

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 86F or 28C to 30C . Visibility is generally 40 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind and Rain Forecast

Fig 2 – Today's Graphicast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

Lee has become extratropical. This morning it was centered about 35 miles WNW of New Orleans. It is moving E at 12 mph; with maximum sustained winds of 35mph. It still is producing heavy rains and flooding.

Katia is a Cat 2 hurricane. It is located at 23.9 N latitude x 62.0 W longitude. This position is approximately 1600 miles NNE of us. It is moving NW at 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 100 mph.

Else where tropical storm formation is not expected in the next 24 hours.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 1:56 am LT            Moon Rise – 12:01 pm LT

low tide 9:15 am LT              Moon Set – 11:31 pm LT

high tide 4:17 pm LT            Sunrise – 5:35 am LT

low tide 10:05 pm LT            Sunset – 5:58 pm LT