RTB Weather Forecast for Thursday, Jun. 30, 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

Thursday June 30, 2011

Essentially, today's weather is a repeat of yesterday's. Skies will be sunny with some mid to high level cloudiness. Winds continue to be strong and easterly at 20 to 25 mph. They will increase to 25 to 30 mph this afternoon and evening. The seas are rough at 3 to 6 feet or higher. A tropical wave will enter the NW Caribbean on Friday. Strong east winds will persist through Saturday. Trade winds will begin to decrease in strength on Sunday. Else where tropical storm formation is not expected in the next 24 hours.

TS Arlene has gone ashore in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. It is not a threat to the Bay Islands.

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_110630

(Please note the change units of measure)

Fig 2 - Forecast Wind Map_110630_1500LT

Fig 3 - Forecast Isobars, Cloud Cover and Precipitation_110630_1500LT

Fig 4 - Graphicast

Fig 5 - Tropical Surface Analysis_110630

Fig 6 - Water Vapor, early am_110630

Fig 7 - Caribbean IR Satellite including TS Arlene

Fig 8 - Wind Speeds at Roatan Airport yesterday 110630

 

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 1:55 am LT                                         Moon Rise –4:34 am LT

high tide 7:14 am LT                                                     Moon Set – 5:57 pm LT

low tide 2:00 pm LT                                                 Sunrise – 5:19 am LT

high tide 8:44 pm LT                                                    Sunset – 6:23 pm LT

Current Moon Phase - Waning Crescent, 1% of Full