Saturday, January 1, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast for Sat. 110101

Roatan Weather Forecast
As presented by Radio Roatan, FM 101.1 or www.roatanradio.com


 CoCoView is at 16.3°N Latitude x 86.5°W Longitude
In the
NW Caribbean Sea
Saturday Jan. 01, 2011

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be diurnal and easterly at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Occasionally, both wind and seas will be higher. Wind and seas will begin to decrease on Saturday and Sunday in advance of the approaching cold front.



Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110101
Late Friday, a cold front moved off the Texas coast. There are strong north winds behind the front. It will reach from Mobile Bay, AL to Vera Cruz, Mexico by late Saturday. And by late Sunday, it will lie from Big Bend, FL to the Bay of Campeche. It is expected to stall out and start to dissipate by late Monday.
Fig 2 - Infrared loop_early am_110101
Fig 3 - Tropical Graphicast 110101


The air temperatures will be in the low 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C).

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 78F or 24C .
The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun
low tide 12:39aam LT                                   Moon Rise –3:42 am LT
high tide 7:31 am LT                                               Moon Set – 3:09 pm LT
low tide 1:16 pm LT                                    Sunrise – 6:15 am LT
high tide 6:33 pm LT                                              Sunset - 5:27 pm LT



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