The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Thursday May 24, 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

Thursday May 24, 2012

Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be calm at 1 to 3 feet . Winds will be ESE to ENE at 5 to 10 mph during the morning hours; increasing in strength this afternoon and evening to 15 to 20 mph. Expect strong winds and high seas through Monday as the trade winds resume their normal pattern.

There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.

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 low 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 26ºC to 32ºC.

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

The Tropical Weather Outlook

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

The low pressure system which was over us for the past few days has moved NE. See Fig 3. Yesterday, the NHC designated it Invest 94L. It is forecast to continue moving N.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 5:11 am LT                     Moon Rise – 8:12 am LT

high tide 10:15 am LT                   Moon Set – 9:28 pm LT

low tide 5:07 pm LT                     Sunrise – 5:15 am LT

high tide 11:59 pm LT                  Sunset – 6:13 pm LT