Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 08, 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
Tuesday Feb. 08, 2011

Early this morning, a cold front was just to the west of the Bay Islands. 

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position early am_110208

Later today, it will stall on a line from E. Cuba to E. Honduras. and begin to dissipate.

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast 110208

Another cold front will move off the Texas coast late Wednesday. It will extend from the Florida Panhandle to the NE Yucatan Peninsula by Thursday night. It will move into the NW Caribbean Sea by Saturday.
Today, skies will be partly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Scattered and intermittent showers are possible ahead of and along the cold front. 

Fig 3 - Water Vapor early am_110208

Winds will be variable, switching from SE to NE during the day. Winds will be 10 to 12 mph or less.. The seas will be 1 to 3 feet in height. 
 
Fig 4 – Forecast Speed & Direction_110208

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 12:54 am LT                                    Moon Rise –9:26 am LT
low tide 5:49 am LT                                                  Moon Set – 10:19 pm LT
high tide 11:11 pm LT                                   Sunrise – 6:15 am LT
low tide 7:03 am LT                                                  Sunset - 5:48 pm LT

Forecaster: Doc Radawski



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