Things heat up in the W. Caribbean Sea

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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Tuesday Aug 13, 2013

Again, today, skies will be partly cloudy. Seas will be calm at 1 to 3 feet. Winds will be E in direction, this morning, at 5 mph to 10 mph; increasing this afternoon and evening to 10 mph to 15 mph. In the afternoon, winds will be ENE to NE in direction. Winds and seas will remain at this strength through Thursday.
There is a slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially early in the morning or late at night.
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
A tropical wave in the central Caribbean extending from eastern Cuba to central Colombia will move through the W Caribbean by Wednesday night...then move NW of the area. Cloudiness and showers extending from the southwestern Caribbean Sea northeastward to Hispaniola are associated with a tropical wave and a broad area of low pressure. Upper-level winds over the W Caribbean Sea are expected to become more favorable for development over the next couple of days as the disturbance moves toward the Yucatan Peninsula and the southern Gulf of Mexico. This system has a low chance...10 percent...of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours...and a medium chance...30 percent...of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 5 days.
A weak tropical wave moving into the E Caribbean will dissipate late today. Another tropical wave will enter the tropical N Atlantic W of 55W by the end of the week...then the E Caribbean Saturday.
Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Overnight, the SAL has decreased slightly in terms of both area covered and density.

Fig 11 - Today's Tropical Weather Outlook

The Tides: Moon and Sun
high tide 12:32 am LT              Moon Rise – 11:13 am LT
low tide 6:33 am LT                 Moon Set – 11:05 pm LT
high tide 2:09 am LT                Sunrise – 5:31 am LT
low tide 7:29 pm LT                 Sunset – 6:13 pm LT

Moon

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