Roatan Weather Forecast for Monday, June 20, 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

Monday June 20, 2011

Today, our weather is essentially the same as yesterday. Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. During the day, winds will be strong, from the E to SE at 15 mph to 20 mph. The seas will be rough at 3 to 6 feet or higher. This afternoon and evening, winds will increase in strength to 25mph. Expect these wind and sea strengths through the rest of this week. A tropical wave will enter the Western Caribbean Sea tomorrow. Another tropical wave is expected to enter this area on Friday.

Tropical storm formation is not expected in the next 24 hours.

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (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_110620

Fig 2 - Isobars, cloud cover and precipitation forecast_early am 110620

Fig 3 - Wind Map forecast_early am 110620

Fig 4 - Graphicast_early am 110620

Fig 5 - Water vapor and tropical wave positions_early am 110620

Fig 6 - Visible satellite Caribbean_early am 110620

Fig 7 - Tropical Surface Analysis_early am 110620

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 12:20 am LT                                      Moon Rise –10:13 pm LT

low tide 6:49 am LT                                                      Moon Set – 9:35 am LT

high tide 12:58 pm LT                                              Sunrise – 5:16 am LT

low tide 6:59 pm LT                                                      Sunset – 6:21 pm LT 

Current Moon Phase - Waning Gibbous Moon, 78% of Full