Mostly 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

Sunday, January 08, 2017 Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be mostly easterly in direction at 15 mph to 40 mph or higher.  Seas will be moderate to extremely rough at 2 ft. to 4 ft. 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 76°F to 78°F or 24ºC to 25ºC. There is a chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 1a - This Week'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 - Gale force winds across the far SW waters will end around sunrise this morning. Strong to near gale force winds elsewhere across the Gulf will diminish from the W through Tue with fresh E breeze across the SE Gulf waters Tue night through Thu. A fresh nocturnal breeze is forecast to begin across the NW waters by mid week.
3. Caribbean Sea - A cold front extending from W Cuba to Belize will reach from the Windward Passage to Honduras this evening and stall and gradually dissipate from the Mona Passage to Nicaragua through the middle of the week. Strong to near gale force winds and building seas will spread E across the W and central Caribbean in the wake of the front. Strong to near gale force winds expected across the SW Caribbean through Thu night.
3a. Cold front has entered the NW Caribbean from central Cuba at 22N78W to the Gulf of Honduras at 16N89W. Scattered showers are within 60 nm of the front. 25-30 kt N winds are N of the front. High pressure over the central Atlantic and low pressure over Colombia support moderate to fresh trades over the remainder of the Caribbean, with strongest winds over the south central Caribbean near the coast of Colombia. Scattered moderate convection is inland over N Colombia and NW Venezuela. Scattered moderate convection is also off the coast of Nicaragua from 11N- 15N between 80W-84W. Radar imagery shows showers S and W of Puerto Rico. In the upper levels, a ridge is over the E Caribbean with axis along 65W. Upper level moisture is over the front and over S Caribbean S of 16N, while strong subsidence is over the far NE Caribbean. Expect the cold front in 24 hours to extend from Haiti to NE Nicaragua with convection heaviest over Honduras and Nicaragua.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide  6:02 am LT                       Sunrise – 6:17 am LT>113° East
low tide  11:51 am LT                     Sunset – 5:32 pm LT < 247° NW
high tide 5:20 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 2:07 pm LT<75° East
low tide 12:06 pm LT                      Moon Set – 2:11 am LT>284º West
                                                                    

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 14 minutes, (+21s)