Again Mostly Sunny

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

Saturday, April 09, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 5 mph to 15 mph today.  Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 ft to 3 ft..
The air temperatures will range from the low 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 2 - 3 Day Cloud Cover-Rain Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A cold front over far SE Gulf of Mexico will pass SE of the area later today. A reinforcing cold front will move S through the E Gulf of Mexico Sat night and Sun. High pressure will build in the wake of the fronts. A trough will develop along the Yucatan Peninsula each afternoon and weaken as it moves W overnight each night. A new cold front will move into far N Gulf of Mexico by Tue night and stall there through Wed night.
2. Fresh to strong tradewinds across the S central Caribbean will increase each night through Sun night with stronger winds found close to the coast of Colombia briefly reaching gale force during the late night and early morning hours today through early Mon. The pressure gradient will relax early next week...supporting only strong breeze nocturnal winds along the coast of Colombia. Elsewhere...winds will remain a fresh breeze or weaker through Wed.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 4:14 pm LT                                                              Sunrise – 5:36 am LT>82° East
high tide 9:51 am LT                                                             Sunset – 6:01 pm LT < 279° West
low tide 4:41 pm LT                                                              Moon Rise – 7:34 am LT<76° East
high tide 11:24 pm LT                                                           Moon Set – 8:36 pm LT>286º Wes

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 24 minute (+51)