Friday, April 7, 2017

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


Friday, April 07, 2017
Skies will be  mostly cloudy. Winds will be moderate and easterly in direction at 10 mph to 20 mph. Seas will be  moderate at 1 ft. to 4 ft. The air temperatures will range from the low 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 - Winds and seas are subsiding across the Gulf behind a cold front now moving SE of the region. Southerly return flow will increase in the NW Gulf Sat and across the central and SE Gulf through Tue morning ahead of developing low pres across the central plains. Fresh to strong E winds will be off the Yucatan Peninsula in the Bay of Campeche at night Sun through Tue.
3. Caribbean Sea - Winds and seas will diminish across most of the Caribbean as high pres N of the area weakens...except for lingering strong trade winds off Colombia through early Sun. A weakening cold front will move across the NW Caribbean through Sat...stall from eastern Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras late Sat...then dissipate through late Sun.
3a. 15-30 kt trade winds are over the Caribbean Sea with the weakest winds S of Cuba, and the strongest winds along the coast of Colombia. Scattered showers are over N Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, and Belize. More scattered showers are over the E Caribbean from 13N-17N between 60W-71W. In the upper levels, an upper level ridge is over the Caribbean with axis along 70W. Upper level moisture is over the NW Caribbean. Strong subsidence is over the remainder of the Caribbean. Expect in 24 hours for the cold front to extend from E Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula with convection.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  12:31 am LT                  Sunrise – 5:37 am LT>82° East
high tide  6:27 am LT                   Sunset – 6:00 pm LT < 278° NW
low tide  12:49 pm LT                  Moon Rise – 2:23 pm LT<81° East
high tide 7:03 pm LT                   Moon Set – 02:38 pm LT>281º West
                                                                                                                              
Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 22 minutes, (+52s)

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