Roatan Rag

Wednesday, September 21, 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

Wednesday September 21, 2011

Again, skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be very light at 5 mph to 10 mph or less. Seas will be calm at 1 to 2 feet or less. Expect these weather conditions 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

Invest 98L has been upgraded to tropical storm Ophelia. At 5am EDT, it was located about 2600 miles SE of us and was moving generally west at 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph.

Fig 2 – IR Satellite Caribbean & Atlantic, 110921, early am

This system currently does not pose a threat to us. However, TS Ophelia is still centered , well below 16N latitude and continues to move, only slightly north of due west. It is forecast to pass north of Puerto Rico on Monday. But until that occurs, all interests in the Bay Islands and on the north coast of Honduras should monitor its progress closely. The computer models are in fair agreement as to TS Ophelia's probable track ( see Figs. 4 & 5 below ).