The CocoView Resort Weather Forecast for Tuesday August 21, 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

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Tuesday August 21, 2012
Skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will range in strength from a moderate breeze during the day to a strong breeze this evening. They will be ESE to ENE at 10 to 30 mph. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. There is a very slight chance of scattered showers later today.
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 Image

Fig 5 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook
Invest 94L, is now Tropical Depression 9. At 5 am EDT, it was located near 15.2N 51.2W moving W at 17kt. Maximum sustained winds 30 kt., with gusts to 40 kt. Minimum pressure was 1007 mb. TD9 is forecast to strengthen to a tropical storm this afternoon and reach hurricane strength by Wednesday. This morning, it was about 2300 miles E of  Roatan. The approximate Closest Point of Approach (CPA) is located near 20.0N, 77.3W or about 650.8 miles (1047.3 km) NE from Roatan. This  corresponds to the 120 hour position of the 5-day forecast (Sunday, August 26 at 5:00AM AST).
Invest 96L, is about 3900 miles E by South of Roatan at 10.1N, 28.6W. It is traveling W at 15 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 25 mph and bp is 1010 mb. The NHC now gives this system a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 48 hours.
All interests in the Bay Islands and on the North Coast of Honduras should monitor these systems as they track west towards us and strengthen.

Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 7 - Today's W. Caribbean Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 8 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9 - TD 9_Distance and bearing from Roatan

Fig 10 -TD9_Closest Point of Approach

Fig 11 - Invest 96L_Distance and bearing from Roatan

Fig 12 Computer Model runs for TD 9 and 96L

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 5:02 am LT               Moon Rise – 9:07 am LT
high tide 12:06 pm LT            Moon Set – 9:11 pm LT
low tide 5:47 pm LT               Sunrise – 5:33 am LT
high tide 11:01 pm LT            Sunset – 6:08 pm LT

Moon