The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Wednesday Dec. 19, 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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Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012
Again today, skies will be partly cloudy. Seas will be rough at 2 to 4 feet or higher. Winds will be  ESE to E at 10 to 25 mph.
Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.
This morning, a  cold front reaches from Cape Coral, Florida  to the middle Gulf of Mexico.
It will weaken and exit the Gulf of Mexico today. Expect increased cloudiness and rain as the front moves SE out the Gulf of Mexico.
A stronger cold front will reach the Texas coast tomorrow, then race across the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and Friday...followed by strong to near gale force N to NE winds and high seas. This cold front moves into NW Caribbean late Friday and lingers through Sunday. See Figs. 12,13,14 & 15.
The air temperatures will range from the low 70s (ºF) to the low 80s (ºF) or 22ºC to 26ºC.
Ocean water temperatures are 80 to 82ºF or 24 to 25ºC. 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 Image

Fig 5 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis

Fig 6 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

Fig 7 - Today's Tropical Atlantic Satellite Image

Fig 8 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 9 - Today's NOAA Tropical Atlantic Surface Analysis

Fig 10 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 11 - Today's N. Hemisphere EIr Satellite Image

Fig 12 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Thur. 121220 

Fig 13 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Fri. 121221

Fig 14 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Sat. 121222 

Fig 15 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Sun 121223

The Tides: Moon and Sun
high tide 2:53 am LT                  Moon Rise –  11:22 am LT
low tide 8:51 am LT                   Moon Set – 11:46 pm LT
high tide 2:32 pm LT                  Sunrise – 6:09 am LT
low tide 9:32 pm LT                   Sunset – 5:20 pm LT

Moon