Roatan Weather Forecast

As presented by Radio Roatan, FM 101.1 or www.roatanradio.com

 CoCoView is at 16.3°N Latitude x 86.5°W Longitude

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Sunday Jan. 09, 2011

Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be from the E to NE at 10 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Wind and seas will increase later today.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110109

A cold front has push into the waters off the Texas coast. It stretches from southern Texas to the tip of Florida. High pressure cold air is building in behind this front. This cold front will reach the NW Caribbean by Wednesday.

Our weather continues to be dominated by these cold fronts. 

Fig 2 - Water Vapor, early am_110109

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast 110109

 

The air temperatures will be in the low 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C).

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 77F or 25C .

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 12:19aam LT                                  Moon Rise –9:41 am LT

low tide 5:36 am LT                                                  Moon Set – 10:03 pm LT

high tide 12:04 pm LT                                  Sunrise – 6:17 am LT

low tide 7:02 am LT                                                 Sunset - 5:32 pm LT