Saturday, December 3, 2016

Sunny and Mostly Calm Seas

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, December 03, 2016
Skies will be mostly. sunny Winds will be moderate to calm and easterly in direction at 15 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate at 1 ft. to 3ft. 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 - A warm front is over the NW Gulf. Fresh to strong E-SE winds will blow across the northern Gulf waters today, with moderate to fresh SE-S winds across most of the Gulf region Sunday. A cold front will move across the Gulf waters Mon and Tue...followed by a stronger cold front forecast to enter the NW Gulf on Wed night followed by strong to gale force winds.
3. Caribbean Sea - A trough across the central Caribbean will move W across the basin and weaken into Sat.night. High pressure N of the region will shift S through Wed...freshening trade winds in the central and W Caribbean and the tropical N Atlantic waters.
3a. ...Caribbean Sea... An upper ridge is anchored over Colombia dominating the Caribbean this morning. At the surface: a surface trough extends from the south coast of Hispaniola near 18N72W to 14N75W and a second surface trough extends from over Colombia 10N75W to 11N82W. Clusters of scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms dot the central Caribbean from 10N-18N between 70W- 82W. The surface trough extending from south of Hispaniola will move west and weaken through tonight. Surface ridge over the west Atlantic will shift south through early next week creating fresh trade winds across the central and W Caribbean.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  4:30am LT                  Sunrise – 6:00 am LT>113° East
high tide 11:56 am LT                Sunset – 5:15 pm LT < 247° NW
low tide 6:06 pm LT                   Moon Rise – 9:13 pm LT<108° East
high tide  11:51 pm LT               Moon Set – 8:55 am LT>253º West
                                                                                                                             
Fig 5 - Moon

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