RTB Weather Forecast for Friday, Jan. 28, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast

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

and

CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com, 800-282-8932

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

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Friday Jan. 28, 2011

During the night, the cold front has retreated to the west. It now stretches from eastern Cuba to the western Gulf of Honduras. It will continue to meander SE and dissipate.

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position early am_110128

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast 110128

Again today, expect skies to be cloudy with periods of sun. There may be intermittent rain and squalls. Wind will be mostly E to NE at 10 to 20 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet. Wind and seas will build later today.

Fig 3 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110128

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 76F to77F or 25C or lower.

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 6:00 am LT                                       Moon Rise –1:37 am LT

low tide 11:44 am LT                                                  Moon Set – 1:05 pm LT

high tide 4:55 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:18 am LT

low tide 11:58 pm LT                                                 Sunset - 5:42 pm LT

Forecaster: Doc Radawski