Again Partly 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

Monday, December 12, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 25 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate at 2 ft. to 4ft. or less. 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 78°F to 80°F or 25ºC to 26ºC.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - 3 Day Cloud Cover-Rain Forecast Fig 3 - IR Satellite Water Vapor

The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at this time. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th.
2. Gulf of Mexico - High pressure over the northern and eastern Gulf will continue to weaken and slide eastward through Wed. This will allow for weak return flow to develop across the basin. Strong high pressure will push a cold front southeastward over the northern and NE Gulf Wed night...then over the eastern Gulf through Thu night. High pressure that will build in the wake of the front will result in increasing northerly winds over much of the northern and central Gulf Thu and Thu night. return flow will set up again across the area by the end of the week.
3. Caribbean Sea - Strong high pressure N of the area will slide eastward and weaken through Wed allowing for fresh to strong trades over the area to diminish during the next few days as the pressure gradient relaxes. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms in the far W Caribbean Sea are capable of producing strong gusty winds as they move westward across Central America through Tue morning.
3a. Upper level cyclonic wind flow is to the west of the line that runs from 11N75W at the coast of Colombia, to 17N81W, to the Gulf of Honduras. Upper level anticyclonic wind flow is curving away from the area of cyclonic wind flow, toward Cuba and Hispaniola. A 1008 mb low pressure center is near 11N83W, along the SE coast of Nicaragua. Convective precipitation: widely scattered moderate to isolated strong from 11N to 18N between 80W and 87W,covering parts of Nicaragua and Honduras, and the coastal waters of each country. Upper level SE wind flow is moving through the Caribbean Sea, to the south of Hispaniola, crossing 70W, moving toward Jamaica. Upper level NE wind flow covers the area that is between 60W and 65W. Upper level SE wind flow covers the area also that is between 65W and 70W. Comparatively drier air in subsidence is apparent in water vapor imagery between 60W and 70W. The 24-HOUR rainfall total in inches for the period ending at 12/0000 UTC...according to the PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC...is 0.02 in Guadeloupe.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 1:02 am LT                        Sunrise – 6:05 am LT>114° East
high tide  7:42 am LT                      Sunset – 5:17 pm LT < 246° NW
low tide  1:33 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 4:21 pm LT<73° East
high tide 7:07 pm LT                       Moon Set – 4:28 am LT>286º West
                                                                                                                                

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 12 minutes (-11s)