Friday, January 8, 2016

Sunny with Light, Variable 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


Friday, January 08, 2016 
Skies will be sunny. Winds will be mostly variable in direction at 10 mph or less. Seas will be moderate to choppy at 1 ft to 3 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.




The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 
1. A 1010 mb low near Appalachicola, Florida will move inland over N Florida by this evening with a trailing trough moving over Florida tonight. A cold front will move into the NW Gulf of Mexico waters overnight and race eastward...extending from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico by late Sat...and from SW Florida to the Yucatan Channel by Sun evening. High pressure will dominate in the wake of the front through early next week. 
2. A weakening cold front will pass through the waters NE of the Leeward Islands Sat night and Sun. Otherwise...gentle to moderate trade winds expected across waters E of 80W...except strong NE winds will develop along the NW coast of Colombia during overnight hours. A cold front will move into the Yucatan Channel Sun afternoon...stall and weaken from central Cuba to just E of Belize Sun night and dissipate Mon.
3. The SAL has again decreased slightly in area and in density.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 1:14 am LT                                           Sunrise – 6:17 am LT>113° East
high tide 8:14 am LT                                          Sunset – 5:31 pm LT < 247° West
low tide 1:56 pm LT                                           Moon Rise – 4:50 am LT> 109° East
high tide 7:12 pm LT                                          Moon Set – 4:31 pm LT < 251° West


Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 14 minutes (+20)


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