The trade winds are blowing!

The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast

Sunday Aug 25, 2013

Again, today, skies will be partly sunny. Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will be ESE in direction, this morning, at 15 to 20 mph; increasing this afternoon and evening to 20 to 35 mph. In the afternoon, winds will be E in direction. Winds and seas will moderate slightly starting tomorrow. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.
The air temperatures will range from the mid 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 25ºC to 32ºC.
Ocean water temperatures are 82°F to 84ºF or 27ºC to 28ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

Fig 4 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

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

Fig 6 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 6a - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image

Fig 7 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

Fig 8 - Today's NOAA Tropical Atlantic Surface Analysis

Fig 9 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9a - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 10 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic

The Tropical Weather Outlook

Moderate to fresh trade winds are expected in the west and central Caribbean through Monday...then will diminish Tuesday and Wednesday. A tropical wave moving W across the E Caribbean this morning will reach the central Caribbean this evening through Monday and through the SW Caribbean Monday night through Tuesday.

The tropical wave which passed over us, is now better organized. This system, 95L has a good chance...60 percent...of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 24 to 48 hours.

The SAL has again increased in both density and area. See Figs. 9 and 9a at http://roatanweather.blogspot.com/

Fig 11 - Today's Tropical Weather Outlook

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 6:11 am LT                   Moon Rise – 9:42 pm LT
high tide 1:14 pm LT                  Moon Set – 9:41 am LT
low tide 6:44 pm LT                   Sunrise – 5:33 am LT
high tide 12:27 am LT                 Sunset – 6:05 pm LT

Moon

Coral spawning

Coral spawning and other mass reproductive activity may occur for next seven (7) nights.
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