Roatan Weather Forecast for Tuesday, June 21, 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 June 21, 2011

Today, is the first day of summer. Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. This morning, winds will be from the E to SE at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be at 2 to 4 feet. This afternoon and evening, winds will increase in strength to 25 to 30mph. Occasionally winds and seas may be higher.

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

Two tropical waves are still headed in our direction. The closest one is centered at 70W. The second wave is centered at 45W. The nearest wave is forecast to arrive in the Western Caribbean this weekend. Expect this weather pattern to continue through this weekend.

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 84F or 28C to 29C . Visibility is generally 60 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 - Forecast Wind Speed, Direction & Precipitation_110621

Fig 2 - Graphicast_110621

Fig 3 - Tropical Surface Analysis_110621

Fig 4 - Water Vapor, early am_110621

Fig 5 - Isobars, precipitation and cloud cover forecast_110621

Fig 6 - Wind Map Forecast_110621

Fig 7 - Actual Roatan wind speed, Mon. 110620

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 1:10 am LT                                        Moon Rise –10:49 pm LT

low tide 7:51 am LT                                                       Moon Set – 10:23 am LT

high tide 2:19 pm LT                                                Sunrise – 5:17 am LT

low tide 7:43 pm LT                                                      Sunset – 6:21 pm LT

Current Moon Phase - Waning Gibbous Moon, 69% of Full