Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Partly Sunny Again

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


Tuesday, December 13, 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.






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. A cold front will move into the far NW Gulf late this afternoon or evening. Strong high pressure building in behind the front will push the cold front southeastward across the northern Gulf Wed and Wed night. The front will then reach the eastern Gulf and Straits of Florida Thu night and Fri followed by mainly moderate northerly flow with some pockets of fresh flow over the western Gulf. E to SE winds will set up over the the central and eastern waters on Fri...and southerly return flow over the western waters. increasing southerly flow along with building seas is expected across much of the central and western Gulf Fri night into Sat.
3. Caribbean Sea - Strong high pressure N of the area will slide eastward and weaken through early Wed allowing for fresh to strong trades over the area to diminish during the next few days as the pressure gradient relaxes. Strong high pressure building N of the area will allow fresh to strong winds in the Windward Passage late Fri spreading over the entire Caribbean W of 80W by late on Sat.
3a. A broad upper level anticyclonic circulation is anchored over the eastern Caribbean near 16N74W with water vapor imagery indicating mostly dry air E of 77W and increased cloudiness and moisture W of 77W. As tropical moisture advects northwestward then northward within the western periphery of the upper level ridging over the western Caribbean...widely scattered showers and isolated tstms are occurring mostly S of 21N between 78W-90W...including portions of Central America and the NW Caribbean waters. Farther east...mostly clear skies prevail with only a few quick-moving low-topped isolated showers occurring in the vicinity of the Lesser Antilles...Puerto Rico...and adjacent coastal waters of Hispaniola. Trades are expected to remain in the fresh to strong range through early Wednesday and then decrease slightly as the regional pressure gradient relaxes across the basin.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 1:51 am LT                        Sunrise – 6:06 am LT>114° East
high tide  8:31 am LT                      Sunset – 5:18 pm LT < 246° NW
low tide  2:23 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 5:20 pm LT<71° East
high tide 7:59 pm LT                       Moon Set – 5:32 am LT>288º West

                                                                                                                               
Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 12 minutes (-9s)

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