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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, December 24, 2014

Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be SE to S to W in direction at 5 mph to 10 mph or less during the day; switching to the north in direction late this afternoon and evening. Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 to 4 feet. The air temperatures will range from the mid to high 70s (ºF) to the low to mid 80s (ºF) or 23C to 25ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 78°F to 81°F or 25ºC to 27ºC. Visibility is 20 to 80 ft. Expect increasing cloudiness and rain with the passage of the approaching cold front.

 Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Forecasted Wind Speeds in the NW Caribbean Sea

Fig. 3 - Current 8 Day Weather Forecast for Roatan

Fig 4 - Today's Weather Forecast CONUSA

Fig 5 - 24 Hour Forecast CONUSA

Fig 6 - 3 Day Forecast CONUSA

Fig 7 - Today's 26ºC/78.8ºF Isotherm

Fig 8 - Today's 20ºC/68ºF Isotherm

Fig 9 - Ocean Heat Content

Fig 10 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 11 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

Fig 12 - Today's Caribbean Rainbow Loop

Fig 13 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 14 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis 

Fig 15 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 16 - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image

Fig17 - Today's North American Surface Temperature Contour Map

Fig 18 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 19 - Today's Saharan Air Layer_Pseudo Natural Color 

Fig 20 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 21 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic

The Tropical Weather Outlook

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A cold front extends from SE Louisiana to Mexico. The front will move E of the Gulf of Mexico by Thu afternoon. Gale force northerly winds behind the front in the western Gulf of Mexico will diminish by this evening. The next cold front will enter the NW Gulf of Mexico by Sat night...stalling through Sun.
2. This cold front will move into the far NW Caribbean late tonight...stalling and gradually dissipating from far western Cuba to central Honduras through Fri morning.
Strong NW to N winds and building seas are expected W of the front.

Fig 22 - Active Tropical Atlantic Storms

Fig 23 - 48 Hour Tropical Storm Probability

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 4:02 am LT                Sunrise – 6:11 am LT >114° SE

high tide 10:40 am LT             Sunset – 5:22 pm LT <246° W

low tide 4:56 pm LT                Moon Rise – 8:25 am LT >105° E

high tide 10:39 pm LT             Moon Set – 8:15 pm LT <257° W

Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 11 minutes (+2 sec)

Moon