Roatan Weather Forecast for Thursday October 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

Thursday October 20, 2011

Today, it will be mostly cloudy. There is a continuing chance for moderate to heavy rain showers and thunderstorms, especially late at night or very early in the morning. Seas will be 1 to 3 feet in height or higher. Winds, will be mostly WNW to NW at 15 to 25 mph.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

This morning, the cold front reaches from central Cuba to the Bay Islands of  Honduras. It will continue to move SE, before stalling on a line from eastern Cuba to SE Nicaragua on Friday. Then, it will begin to weaken and drift back NW, towards us. Expect this weather to continue through the weekend and into Monday.

Fig 2 – Today's IR Water Vapor Image

The air temperatures will be in the mid to high 70s to the mid 80s (F) or 25 to 29 (C). For divers, with the wind chill factor, it may feel like the high 60s to low 70s on exiting the water.

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 88F or 28C to 31C . Visibility is generally 20 to 60 feet.

  

Fig 3 – Today's Graphicast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

This morning, tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 24 hours.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 3:24 am LT            Moon Rise – 12:25 am LT

low tide 9:34 am LT             Moon Set – 12:23 pm LT

high tide 3:58 pm LT            Sunrise – 5:40 am LT

low tide 10:06 pm LT           Sunset – 5:23 pm LT