The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Friday May 11, 2012

The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast

This weather forecast is intended for CoCoView Resort guests and applies only to the south side of Roatan.

CoCoView is at 16.4°N Latitude x 86.4°W Longitude

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com, 800-510-8164

Friday May 11, 2012

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be rough at 2 to 6 feet . Winds will be moderate from the ESE to ENE at 15 to 20 mph during the morning hours. Increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon and evening. Expect these strong trade winds through Sunday.

A trough will move off the Mexican and Texas coasts early Sat...reach from S Central Louisiana to NE Mexico by early Sun...and from the Mississippi Delta to NW Yucatan by early Mon. The trough will drift E and become diffuse over the NE Gulf by late Tue.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

Fig 2 – Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 – Today's Tropical Surface Analysis 

Fig 4 – Today's IR Water Vapor Image

Fig 5 – Today's  Tropical Surface  Forecast

The air temperatures will range from the high 70s (ºF) to the high 80s (ºF) or 24ºC to 30ºC.

Ocean water temperatures are 80 to 81ºF or 25 to 26ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 80 feet.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 2:03 am LT                      Moon Rise – 11:48 pm LT

low tide 8:23 am LT                       Moon Set – 10:41 am LT

high tide 2:24 am LT                      Sunrise – 5:19 am LT

low tide 8:53 pm LT                      Sunset – 6:09 pm LT