Roatan Weather Forecast for Tuesday September 27, 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

Tuesday September 27, 2011

Today's weather is essentially a replay of yesterday's weather. Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be easterly at 10 mph to 20 mph. Seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Winds and seas will build, beginning around 3pm this afternoon. Divers should exercise caution when re- boarding the dive boats, especially on the afternoon dive. Winds and seas will begin to moderate slightly beginning on Wednesday.

A cold front will approach the Gulf of Mexico coast Friday evening.

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.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

The low pressure remnants of TS Ophelia are reorganizing and strengthening. The NHC in this morning's 7am advisory gives this system an 80% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. The latest satellite imagery, shows that this system is now centered about 1800 miles due east of us. The official forecast is for this system to move slowly northwestward in the next couple of days. However, until its true strength and direction are determined, all interests in the Bay Islands should monitor this storm system closely for further development.

Fig 2 – Today's Tropical Atlantic IR Satellite Image

TS Phillipe is still located in the far eastern tropical Atlantic and is centered at 16.1N by 33.4W; moving NW at 7 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph. No significant change in strength or direction is expected in the next 24 hours.

This system does 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 1:53 pm LT            Moon Rise – 5:39 am LT

high tide 8:30 am LT           Moon Set – 5:48 pm LT

low tide 2:30 pm LT            Sunrise – 5:37 am LT

high tide 7:59 pm LT           Sunset – 5:39 pm LT