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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Friday August 03, 2012

Skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will range in strength from moderate during the day to strong this evening. They will be from the ESE to ENE at 10 to 15 mph during the day, to 15 to 25 mph this evening. There is a slight chance of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms.

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

TD5 has strengthened and now is TS Ernesto. It is moving westward (275º) at 24 mph. Early this morning, TS Ernesto was located at 13.5N, 60.7W or about 1700 miles, E by S (100º) of Roatan. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph and the barometric pressure is 1004 mb. Ernesto will strengthen and get better organized as it moves across the Eastern and Central Caribbean this weekend. If it maintains its current path and direction, it should pass well to the north of us, late next Tuesday or Wednesday, as a Category 1 hurricane.

This system does not currently pose a threat to the Bay Islands and North Coast of Honduras, but all interests here, should monitor its progress as it proceeds west.

Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.

Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 7 - Today's NOAA Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 8 - Today's Current Caribbean Surface Analysis

Fig 9 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 10 - TS Ernesto_ Today's Distance and Position from Roatan

Fig 11 - NHC Today's 5 Day Forecast Track for TS Ernesto

Fig 12 - Today's  Wunderground 5 Day Forecast Track for TS Ernesto

Fig 13 - Today's Computer Model Runs by Wunderground

Fig 14 - Today's Computer Model runs for TS Ernesto as seen on Google Earth

Fig 15 - Today's Computer Model runs for TS Ernesto as seen on IbisEye

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 3:29 am LT                Moon Rise – 7:35 pm LT

high tide 9:32 am LT                Moon Set – 6:47 am LT

low tide 3:29 pm LT                Sunrise – 5:29 am LT

high tide 9:48 pm LT                Sunset – 6:18 pm LT

Moon