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
October 17, 2011
Today,
it will be mostly sunny with some mid to high level clouds. There is
a slight chance for rain showers and thunderstorms. Seas will be
choppy at 2 to 4 feet in height. Winds, will be mostly westerly at 5
to 15 mph or less.
This
morning, 95L, the broad low pressure system which has been over us
for the last two days, has moved north and is now centered near the
tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is moving N to NW at 5 to 10 mph.
This system has a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone
during the next 48 hours. This system does not pose a threat to us.
This afternoon a Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to
investigate 95L.
The
weak cold front in the Gulf of Mexico will dissipate by later today.
On Tuesday, a strong cold front will move rapidly SE across the
western Gulf of Mexico. This cold front will push into the NW
Caribbean on Wednesday and reach from central Cuba to Gulf of
Honduras by late Thursday.
The
air temperatures will be in the high 70s mid to the mid 80s (F) or 25
to 29 (C).
At
depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 88F or 28C to 31C .
Visibility is generally 20 to 60 feet.
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| Fig 1 - Today's Wind Forecast |
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| Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast |
The
Tropical Weather Outlook
A
relatively small area of low pressure is located about 1400 miles
east of the Windward Islands. Development, if any, of this low is
expected to be slow to occur, due to marginal upper-level winds. This
system has a low chance, 10 percent, of becoming a tropical cyclone
during the next 48 hours as it moves to the west at about 10 to 15
mph. This system continues to have rain and thunderstorms associated
with it.
Elsewhere,
tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 24 hours.
The
Tides: Moon and Sun
low
tide 6:10 am LT Moon Rise – 9:40 pm LT
high
tide 1:53 pm LT Moon Set – 10:09 am LT
low
tide 7:24 pm LT Sunrise – 5:40 am LT
high
tide 12:14 am LT Sunset – 5:25 pm LT
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