Thursday, January 12, 2017

Sunny and Windy

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


Thursday, January 12, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 15 to 20 mph. Sea will be moderate at 2 ft. to 4 ft. 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.






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 - An E ridge will extend across the northern portion through the period. Fresh to strong E winds will continue across the SE Gulf including the Straits of Florida through Mon. Locally strong E winds are expected along the NW coast of the Yucatan Peninsula each evening. Otherwise...mainly moderate to fresh southerly winds will prevail during the remainder of the period.
3. Caribbean Sea - A shear axis extending W from 18N55W to 15N70W to 11N83W will gradually dissipate. minimal gale force winds are forecast along the NW coast of Colombia each night through Sat night. Fresh to strong NE flow will also persist through Atlantic passages and across Cuba through early next week.
3a. Middle level-to-lower level anticyclonic wind flow, from 600 mb to 800 mb, is moving across Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, into the central sections of the Caribbean Sea, and to Central America. SE wind flow covers Central America from Nicaragua to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Middle level-to-upper level NE-to-E wind flow is moving across Cuba and across the NW corner of the Caribbean Sea. Upper level SW wind flow is curving anticyclonically across the Caribbean Sea between 60W and Nicaragua. Middle level-to-upper level anticyclonic wind flow covers the area from 67W westward. Middle level to upper level cyclonic wind flow, that is moving toward the Atlantic Ocean 26N54W cyclonic circulation center, covers the area from 67W eastward. A shear line continues from 17N61W to 15N67W and 14N73W. Convective precipitation: Rain showers are possible within 90 nm on either side of 16N60W 15N73W 13N80W. scattered moderate to isolated strong is along the coast of Nicaragua from 11N to 13N from 82W westward.
3b. ...Caribbean Sea Gale Warning... A shear line is along 16N61W to 15N71W. NE gale-force winds, and sea heights ranging from 11 feet to 14 feet, are present from from 10.5N to 13N between 74W and 78W. These conditions are forecast to last for another 12 hours or so.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun 
low tide 2:30 pm LT                    Sunrise – 6:17 am LT>112° East
high tide  9:03 am LT                   Sunset – 5:34 pm LT < 248° NW
low tide  3:02 pm LT                    Moon Rise – 6:03 pm LT<72° East
low tide  8:50 pm LT                    Moon Set – 6:15 am LT>289º West
                                                                                                                          

Fig 5 - Moon

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