The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast

This weather forecast is intended for CoCoView Resort guests and applies only to the south side of Roatan 

CoCoView is at 16.4°N Latitude x 86.4°W Longitude 

In the

   NW Caribbean Sea

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Thursday July 26, 2012

As a tropical wave moves over us today, skies will be cloudy with scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will range in strength from a gentle breeze to fresh and will be from the E to ENE at 10 to 20 mph.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast    

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast  

Fig 3 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 4 - Today's IR Water Vapor Image

Fig 5 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

The air temperatures will range from the low 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 26ºC to 32ºC.

Ocean water temperatures are 82 to 83ºF or 26 to 27ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 80 feet.

The Tropical Weather Outlook

Tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.

Saharan desert dust, in the atmosphere, covers most of the Atlantic basin but continues to diffuse, increasing the chances of tropical storm formation.

Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 7 - Today's NOAA Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 8 - Today's W. Caribbean Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 9 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 1:57 pm LT                    Moon Rise – 12:10 pm LT

low tide 9:05 am LT                     Moon Set – 12:00 am LT

high tide 4:25 pm LT                    Sunrise – 5:27 am LT

low tide 9:59 pm LT                     Sunset – 6:21 pm LT

Moon