RTB Weather Forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 15, 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 16.3°N Latitude x 86.5°W Longitude

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011

Again today, it will be mostly cloudy with scattered and intermittent showers. 

Fig 1 - Frontal Trough Position, early am_110215

Winds will be NE at 10 to 15 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet in height. Occasionally winds and seas maybe higher.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110215

Early this morning, a nearly stationary cold front reaches from the Windward Passage to Bay Islands of Honduras.

Fig 2 - Cold Front Position, early am_110215

The front will continue to slowly drift SE and gradually diffuse. This frontal trough is now forecast to move off later today or Wednesday.

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast 110215

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 79F to 80F or 26C .

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 12:20 am LT                                     Moon Rise –3:19 pm LT

high tide 6:50 am LT                                               Moon Set – 3:40 am LT

low tide 12:40 pm LT                                    Sunrise – 6:12 am LT

high tide 6:30 pm LT                                               Sunset - 5:50 pm LT