The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Wednesday August 08, 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

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Wednesday August 08, 2012

Skies will be mostly cloudy, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be rough and confused at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will range in strength from moderate to strong. They will vary in direction from the SSW to ESE at 10 to 20 mph. There will be intermittent, scattered rain showers most of today.

Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats. There maybe strong long shore currents and storm surges, as we are still in the SW quadrant of TS Ernesto.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 3 - Today's Caribbean Satellite

Fig 4 - 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 or less.

The Tropical Weather Outlook

At 4am CDT, the center of TS Ernesto was located at 18.9N, 89W or about 245 miles, NW (317º) of Roatan.

Maximum sustained winds are 70 mph. Present movement is to the W or 275 degrees at 15 mph. Minimum central pressure is 987 mb.

Early this morning, Invest 92L, a surface low pressure system associated with a tropical wave is located about 700 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. This system has a medium chance...30 percent...of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph.

Computer model runs show this system entering the Caribbean Sea in the next 5 to 7 days. All interests in the Bay Islands should monitor this system for further development.

Fig 5 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 6 - TS Ernesto at 4am, Wed., 120808

Fig 7 - Today's Invest 92L Computer Model Runs 

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 1:14 am LT                     Moon Rise – 10:58 pm LT

low tide 8:22 am LT                      Moon Set – 11:03 am LT

high tide 3:44 pm LT                     Sunrise – 5:30 am LT

low tide 9:59 pm LT                      Sunset – 6:15 pm LT

Moon