Saturday, August 6, 2016

Partly Cloudy

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, August 06, 2016
Skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30mph or higher. Seas will be  moderate to rough at 2 to 4 ft or higher.The air temperatures will range from the high 70sºF to the mid to high 80s ºF or 26°C to 27ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 80°F to 82°F or 26ºC to 27ºC.




The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:1. Gulf of Mexico - TS Earl inland near 19.0N 97.0W 1003 mb at 5 am EDT moving W at 9 kt. maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Earl will move to 19.0N 98.0W this afternoon while weakening to a tropical depression...then will dissipate by late tonight. Ridging will prevail across the northern waters...except in the NE Gulf where a weak surface trough will linger through the middle of the upcoming week.
2. Caribbean Sea - A tropical wave will pass W through the central Caribbean today and tonight...through the W Caribbean on Sun... and the NW Caribbean Sun night into Mon. A  second tropical wave will move W across the E Caribbean through Sun...reaching the central Caribbean on Sun night and Mon...and the W Caribbean on Tue and Wed.
3. Tropical Waves...
3a. Tropical wave off the coast of Africa extends along 18W/19W from 10N-20N moving west near 20 kt over the past 12 hours. Wave coincides with a well defined 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is leading a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is from 10N-13N between 17W-20W.
3b. Tropical wave in the east Tropical Atlantic extends along 33W from 6N-15N moving west 10-15 kt over the past 12 hours. Wave coincides with a weak 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a low amplitude surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to strong convection is from 5N-10N between 31W-36W.
3c. Tropical wave moving over the Lesser Antilles extends along 61W/62W from 11N-20N moving west near 25 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with a well defined 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a broad surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is from 17N-20N between 60W-63W. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are from 15N-22N between 58W-67W.
3d. Tropical wave in the central Caribbean extends along 70W/71W from 12N-22N moving west near 20 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave is trailing a 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are from over Haiti to the Turks and Caicos from 17N-22N between 71W-74W.
Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  5:05 am LT                                              Sunrise – 5:30 am LT>73° East
high tide 11:49 am LT                                            Sunset – 6:16 pm LT < 287° NW
low tide 5:18 pm LT                                               Moon Rise – 08:41 am LT<88° East
high tide 11:14 pm LT                                            Moon Set – 09:04 pm LT>270º West
Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 45 minutes (-42s)

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