Friday, February 10, 2017

Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Rain

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

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Friday, February 10, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny with  a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the early morning, late night hours.. Winds will be easterly in direction and  moderate at 10 mph to 25 mph. Seas will be  moderate at 2 ft. to 4 ft. The air temperatures will range from the mid 70sºF to the mid 80s ºF or 22°C to 24ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 79°F to 81°F or 26ºC to 27ºC.






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 cold front extends from the Straits of Florida to 24N92W and S to near Veracruz, Mexico. The eastern portion of the front will continue to move southeastward across NW Cuba and the Yucatan Channel this morning...while the western portion of the front becomes stationary and weakens through today. The pressure gradient between the front and high pressure building across the area in its wake will bring moderate to fresh SE return flow across the NW portion of the Gulf today. This flow will spread eastward across the entire Gulf Sat through Tue. A weak cold front will drop S to over the northern waters on Mon and stall. The western portion of this front will lift N as a warm front Mon night into Tue as the next cold front approaches the Texas coast.
3. Caribbean Sea - Strong to near gale force trades will continue over the S central Caribbean through Mon. Winds along the Colombian coast will reach minimal gale force each night through Sun night. A cold front will move SE into the NW Caribbean early Fri...then stall from E Cuba to NE Yucatan late Sat and Sun. NE to E swell in the southern portion of the tropical N Atlantic zones will continue to subside through Sat. A large set of NW swell will begin to impact the northern portion of the tropical N Atlantic zones Sat night...and Sun then subside Sun night into Mon.
3a. A Gale Warning is in effect for the south-central Caribbean. Elsewhere, scatterometer data depicts moderate to fresh winds across the east and central Caribbean, while gentle to moderate winds are noted over the northwest Caribbean. A fast moving cold front is entering the northwest Caribbean. The front will continue moving east while gradually weaken across the central portion of the basin. As a high pressure builds behind the front, expect increasing northeasterly winds across Cuba and the Windward Passage. Latest model guidance suggests that moderate to fresh northeast winds will prevail across the northwest Caribbean through the weekend with seas building to 8 ft. Shallow moisture embedded in the trade wind flow will continue to move across the region producing isolated quick-moving showers.
Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  2:16 pm LT                       Sunrise – 6:14 am LT>105° East
high tide  8:36 am LT                       Sunset – 5:49 pm LT < 256° NW
low tide  2:42 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 5:44 pm LT<76° East
high tide 8:44 pm LT                       Moon Set – 9:49 am LT>285º West
                                                                                                                         
Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:   11 hours, 34 minutes, (+46s)

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