The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Saturday August 18, 2012

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

             CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com , 800-510-8164

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Saturday August 18, 2012
Skies will be mostly sunny, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be moderate at 1 to 3 feet. Winds will range in strength from a gentle breeze during the day to a strong breeze this evening. They will be ESE to ENE at 5 to 25 mph.
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.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast  

Fig 3 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 4 - Today's Caribbean Satellite

Fig 5 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook
Yesterday the remnants of TD7, briefly became Hurricane Helene before going ashore in southwestern Mexico.
Gordon is a hurricane in the mid – Atlantic. It is headed E towards the Azores.
Invest 94L, is about 4000 miles E by South of Roatan at 12.1N, 26.8W. It is traveling W at 15 to 20 mph. The NHC now gives this system a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression. Model consensus is good for the next 2 or 3 days, but is highly uncertain in the 5 to 7 day time frame.
Else where, tropical storm formation is not expected today.

Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 7 - Today's W. Caribbean Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 8 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9 - Today's IR Water Vapor Image

Fig 10 - Invest 94L_ Today's Distance and Position from Roatan

Fig 11 - Today's Computer Model runs for Invest 94L as seen on Google Earth

Fig 12 - Today's Early Cycle Track Guidance for Invest 94L

Fig 13 - Today's NCEP GFS Ensemble Track Guidance for Invest 94L

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 2:40 am LT               Moon Rise – 4:31 am LT
high tide 8:45 am LT              Moon Set – 5:32 pm LT
low tide 2:59 pm LT               Sunrise – 6:20 am LT
high tide 8:48 pm LT              Sunset – 6:59 pm LT

Moon