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
How to use this page:
The title of each of the figures below is linked to the page where the information originates.
Since I write and post early in the day and generally do not update the page until the next morning; by clicking on the link, it allows you, the viewer, to get the latest information.
This is not only convenient but allows you to track weather events such as cold fronts and hurricane from a single web page.
Saturday July 21, 2012
Today, skies will be partly cloudy. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will be light to moderate from the E to ENE, at 5 to 15 mph during most of the day; increasing to 20 mph at night.
There is a chance of scatter rain and isolated thunderstorms throughout the day. See Fig 3.
 |
| Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast |
 |
| Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast |
 | |
| Fig 3 - Tropical Surface Analysis |
 | |
| Fig 4 - Today's IR Water Vapor Image |
 |
| Fig 5 - 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 82 to 83ºF or 26 to 27ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 80 feet.
The Tropical Weather Outlook
Tropical storm formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.
The next tropical wave will move through the Western Caribbean Sunday. A monsoon trough of low pressure lingers over Central America. Flow around this system pulls moisture in from the western Caribbean Sea and allows for thunderstorms to persist from Costa Rica and Panama through Honduras and Guatemala. See Figs. 3, 7 & 8.
 | |
| Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity |
 | |
| Fig 7 - Today's NOAA Tropical Surface Analysis |
 | |
 |
| Fig 9 - Today's Saharan Air Layer |
With today's post, Fig 9, The Saharan Air Layer is a new addition. This figure shows the amount of Saharan Desert Dust in the atmosphere. Large amounts of dust inhibit the formation of tropical storms which maybe one of the reasons we have had so few tropical storms in the Atlantic basin so far this year.
The Saharan dust also carries fungus and bacteria from Africa. At least one coral disease, aspergillios has been shown to be carried to the Caribbean in this manner.
The Saharan dust also carries fungus and bacteria from Africa. At least one coral disease, aspergillios has been shown to be carried to the Caribbean in this manner.
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 3:55 am LT Moon Rise – 7:34 am LT
high tide 9:46 am LT Moon Set – 8:21 pm LT
low tide 4:04 am LT Sunrise – 5:26 am LT
high tide 10:03 pm LT Sunset – 6:22 pm LT
 |
| Moon |
No comments:
Post a Comment