Roatan Rag: Roatan Weather Forecast for Satuday, Sept. 10, 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

Saturday September 10, 2011

Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Winds will be 10 to 20 mph and easterly in direction. Seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Expect winds and seas to strengthen starting at 3pm. Expect these wind and sea conditions to hold through Sunday.

There is a very slight chance for early morning and late evening intermittent squalls and thunderstorms.

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 86F or 28C to 30C . Visibility is generally 40 to 60 feet.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

Katia remains a Cat 1 hurricane. It is moving NE, across the open North Atlantic ocean. Maximum sustained winds are 85 mph.

TS Nate is moving W at 5 mph. Early this morning, it was located in the SW Gulf of Mexico at 20N x 93.7W. It has maximum winds of 50 mph. It is still expected to make landfall in Mexico sometime Sunday.

Maria remains a very large, disorganized storm. This morning, TS Maria was centered at 16.0N x 60.2W or about 1500 miles due E of us. It is traveling NW or 315 degrees at 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph.

By Monday, if Maria continues the turn to the NW, it will no longer be a threat to us. There is still uncertainty in the track guidance for this storm. Consequently, until it gets well north of 16N latitude, Maria still bears watching closely. It currently does not pose a threat to us.

Since today (Sept 10), is the peak of the hurricane season, all interests in the Bay Islands and on the north coast of Honduras should continue, to monitor the weather and prepare for future storms. So far this year, there have been 14 named storms. It is possible, given the current overall weather conditions in the Tropical Atlantic, that there maybe as many as 10 to 14 more named storms, before the Hurricane Season officially ends on December 1^st.