Thursday, February 24, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast for Thursday, Feb. 24, 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
Thursday Feb. 24, 2011

Weather-wise, today will be a carbon copy of yesterday. Skies will be mostly sunny with some mid to high level cloudiness possible. Winds will be SE to E at 15 mph to 25 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet in height and higher. Expect these wind and sea conditions to prevail through next Monday and Tuesday.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110224

The next weak cold front is forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico on Friday. It is currently forecast to weaken and lift N on Saturday.
Fig 2 - EIr Tropical Atlantic Image, early am_110224
 
A strong cold front will push into the NW gulf of Mexico on Sunday night and reach from Mobile Bay, AL to Veracruz, Mexico on Monday morning.

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast_110224
The air temperatures will be in the high 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 79F to 80F or 26C .
The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun
high tide 3:45 am LT                                       Moon Rise –12:25 pm LT
low tide 9:24 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 11:01 am LT
high tide 2:33 am LT                                       Sunrise – 6:08 am LT
low tide 9:57 am LT                                                 Sunset - 5:53 pm LT





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