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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast for Saturday October 01, 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 October 01, 2011
Skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level cloudiness. There is an increased chance of intermittent rain and thunderstorms, especially early in the morning or late at night. Today, NE winds, will be light and mostly less then 5 mph. Seas will be calm at 1 to 3 feet. Tomorrow expect S to WSW winds at 10 to 15 mph.
A cold front extends from near Tampa Bay to NE Mexico. By Sunday, it will reach the Yucatan Channel and continue to slowly drift south towards the Gulf of Honduras, before it begins to dissipate next week.
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

Fig 2 – Today's Graphicast

The Tropical Weather Outlook
Ophelia is a major hurricane and is headed for Bermuda.
TS Phillipe is still located in the far tropical Atlantic and is moving NW. It is expected to weaken over the next day or so.
These systems, currently do 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 5:49 pm LT            Moon Rise – 9:53 am LT
high tide 1:15 pm LT           Moon Set – 9:25 pm LT
low tide 6:53 pm LT           Sunrise – 5:37 am LT
high tide 12:11 am LT         Sunset – 5:36 pm LT





















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