Roatan Rag

Tuesday, September 20, 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 20, 2011

Skies will be sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be easterly at 5 mph to 15 mph. Wind and seas will continue to follow their diurnal pattern of strengthening, beginning around 3pm, in the afternoon. Seas will be moderate at 1 to 3 feet in height. Expect wind and sea conditions to continue to moderate for the next day or two.

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

Tropical investigation number 98L or Invest 98L, as it is called in NHC shorthand, now has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. It is becoming better organized and is showing signs of CCW rotation. Conditions remain favorable for intensification.

This system currently does not pose a threat to us. However, 98L is still centered , well below 16N latitude and is slowly moving due west at 5 to 10 knots. It is forecast to approach and enter the Eastern Caribbean Sea this weekend. All interests in the Bay Islands and on the north coast of Honduras should monitor its progress, as it moves toward the Western Caribbean Sea.

Else where, tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.