Monday, December 26, 2016

Again 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 26, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Today there is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds will be easterly in direction at 30 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate to rough at 2 ft. to 4ft.or higher.Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. 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.





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 - Fresh to strong E flow in the Florida Straits and fresh SE flow over the NW Gulf will weaken as ridging N of the area moves E. The warm moist E to SE flow over the NW Gulf will support patchy fog through early Tue. Strong northerly winds will follow a cold front entering the NW Gulf Thu...and reaching from the Florida Straits to the SW Gulf Fri.
3. Caribbean Sea - Atlantic high pressure will support fresh to strong NE winds across the Caribbean through early Tue. Winds and seas diminish Wed through Fri as the high pressure weakens...although strong winds will continue to pulse off Colombia.
3a. Upper level anticyclonic wind flow, from South America and Central America, toward the north and northeast, is related to an upper level ridge that extends from Lake Maracaibo in NW Venezuela, beyond NW Cuba. Comparatively drier air in subsidence is apparent in water vapor imagery, to the north and northeast of the line that passes through 12N60W 14N70W 20N81W. Upper level anticyclonic wind flow has been pushing the comparatively drier air into this part of the Caribbean Sea. Upper level southerly wind flow covers the area that is from 80W westward, in the area of upper level anticyclonic wind flow, with the Venezuela-to-NW Cuba ridge. Convective precipitation: widely scattered moderate to isolated strong from 20N southward from 80W westward, in the coastal waters and coastal plains of Central America. It is possible that speed convergence may be a contributing factor to the precipitation. The monsoon trough is along 08N/09N between 74W and southern Panama. Convective precipitation: isolated moderate to locally strong from 11N southward from 76W westward. 24-HOUR rainfall totals in inches for the period ending at 26/0000 UTC...according to the PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC...are 0.17 in Curacao, and 0.06 in Guadeloupe.
Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun 
low tide  12:50 am LT                        Sunrise – 6:12 am LT>114° East
high tide 7:53 am LT                          Sunset – 5:24 pm LT < 246° NW
low tide 1:27 pm LT                           Moon Rise – 3:54 pm LT<107° East
high tide  6:44 pm LT                         Moon Set – 3:37 am LT>252º West



Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 9 minutes, (-52 sec)

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