Roatan Weather Forecast for Wednesday October 12, 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 October 12, 2011

Again, today, it will be mostly sunny with some mid to high level cloudiness. Seas will be calm at 1 to 2 feet in height. Winds, will be very light, variable in direction, but mostly easterly at 5 to 10 mph or less. There is a slight chance for scattered rain showers and thunderstorms today, due to the outflow from TD12E in the Gulf of Tehuanepc, Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This morning TD12E was centered about 500 miles W of us and moving due N. This system does not pose a threat to us.

Fig 1 – Eastern Pacific Tropical Storms
4:45 am PDT, 111012

Fig 2 – Today's Water Vapor, 05:15 am

Fig 3 – Today's Wind Forecast

Expect winds and seas to remain the same through midday Saturday. Even though winds are light, they have resumed their normal diurnal wind shift, from ESE in the morning to ENE in the afternoon.

A weak cold front will move off the Texas coast on Thursday and by Friday lie on a line from Tampa Bay, FL to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico.

The air temperatures will be in the mid to the high 80s (F) or 27 to 30 (C). With the heat index it may feel like 100 F plus.

Everyone, especially divers, should stay well hydrated.

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 88F or 28C to 31C . Visibility is generally 40 to 60 feet.

The Tropical Weather Outlook

There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic or Caribbean today.

Tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 24 hours.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 2:15 am LT              Moon Rise – 6:00 pm LT

high tide 8:56 am LT             Moon Set – 6:00 am LT

low tide 2:30 am LT             Sunrise – 5:39 am LT

high tide 7:48 pm LT            Sunset – 5:29 pm LT