RTB Weather Forecast for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011

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

Tuesday Jan. 11, 2011

Skies will be mostly sunny. There will be high level cloudiness. Winds will be from the E to NE at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Wind and seas will be occasionally higher. These sea conditions will persist through Friday.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110111

The cold front still stretches across the Gulf of Mexico, from the Florida Peninsula to the Bay of Campeche. High pressure, cold air continues to build in behind this front. 

Fig 2 - Water vapor_early am 110111

This cold front is now expected to push into the NW Caribbean on Wednesday. Expect strong northerly winds along and behind this front, as well as intermittent rain squalls.

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast 110111

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 3:15 am LT                                    Moon Rise –10:51 am LT

low tide 8:12 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 11:37 pm LT

high tide 2:05 pm LT                                   Sunrise – 6:17 am LT

low tide 9:11 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:33 pm LT