The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Sunday August 12, 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

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Sunday August 12, 2012
Skies will be partly cloudy, with mid to high level clouds.  Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 to 4 feet or higher. Winds will range in strength from moderate during the day to near gale this evening. They will be ESE to ENE at 15 to 30mph. There is a slight chance of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms.
Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.
The Perseid meteor showers continue tonight and tomorrow in the NE skies. The best viewing is between 12:30 am and dawn. Go to www.space.com for viewing  details.
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.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast    

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 4 - Today's Caribbean Satellite

Fig 5 - Today's IR Water Vapor Image

Fig 6 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook
Yesterday, at 11am AST, TD7 dissipated. Remnants are located about 1200 miles east of  Roatan.  It is moving west or 275º at 20 mph. The NHC gives this system a 10% chance reforming into a tropical storm.
All interests in the Bay Islands should continue to monitor this system as it develops and tracks west towards us.
Invest 93L was located at 19.5N, 29.3W or 3750 miles from Roatan. It is not a threat to us.
Else where, tropical storm formation is not expected today.

Fig 7 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 8 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9 - Today's NOAA Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 10 - Today's W. Caribbean Tropical Surface Analysis

The Tides: Moon and Sun
high tide 5:12 am LT                 Moon Rise – 1:02 am LT
low tide 11:38 am LT                Moon Set – 2:22 pm LT
high tide 6:21 pm LT                 Sunrise – 5:31 am LT
                                                Sunset – 6:13 pm LT

Moon