Partly Cloudy with Moderate Winds

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

Sunday, January 10, 2016 

Skies will be partly cloudy. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers. Winds will be mostly westerly in direction at 10 mph to 20 mph less. Seas will be moderate to choppy at 1 ft to 4 ft. 

The air temperatures will range from the high 70sºF to mid 80s ºF or 25°C to 27ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 78°F to 82°F or 25ºC to 27ºC.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 1a - This Week's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - 3 Day Cloud Cover-Rain Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 

1. A pair of cold fronts moving across the Gulf of Mexico will exit off to the SE by tonight. 

2. A weakening cold front will pass E through the tropical waters E of the Leeward Islands today. otherwise... gentle to moderate trades are expected across the waters E of 80W...except becoming strong along the NW coast of Colombia during the overnight hours. A cold front will stall over the NW Caribbean tonight through Mon...then move E again on Tue...dissipating on Wed.

3. The SAL has  increased slightly in area and in density.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 2:27 am LT                                           Sunrise – 6:17 am LT>113° East

high tide 9:15 am LT                                          Sunset – 5:32 pm LT < 247° West

low tide 3:15 pm LT                                           Moon Rise – 6:37 am LT> 109° East

high tide 8:38 pm LT                                          Moon Set – 6:21 pm LT < 254° West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 15 minutes (+22)