Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday, June 10, 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 June 10, 2011

Again, today, skies will be partly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be light and variable at 5 to 10 mph or less. At first, they will be W to NW in direction before becoming easterly late tonight. The seas will be 1 to 3 feet in height.

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to low 90s (F) or 27 to 30 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 84F or 28C to 29C . Visibility is generally 60 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed, Direction & Precipitation_110610

Fig 2 - Graphicast 110610

Fig 3 - Isobars, cloud cover and precipitation

Fig 4 - Winds

The Tropical Weather Outlook

This morning, the 1010 mb center of a broad, unorganized low pressure system, is located near 20N by 81W. This position is about 450 miles NE of us. It continues to move slowly NW. There is a 10% chance of this system becoming a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. Else where tropical storm formation is not expected.

Fig 5 -Low pressure position early am_110610

Fig 6 - Water Vapor,early am_110610

Fig 7 - Tropical Surface Analysis_110610

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 3:33am LT                                        Moon Rise –1:21 pm LT

low tide 10:24 am LT                                                    Moon Set – 12:35 am LT

high tide 5:25 pm LT                                               Sunrise – 5:15 am LT

low tide 11:11 pm LT                                                   Sunset - 6:18 pm LT

Current Moon Phase - First Quarter, 66% of Full