The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Thursday September 20, 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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Thursday September 20, 2012
Skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will be easterly at 10 to 15 mph  today. They will increase to 15 to 25 mph, this afternoon and evening. 
A stationary cold front extending from the Florida Big Bend Region to the Bay of Campeche will dissipate by Friday. There are scattered showers along and ahead of this front. There is chance, some of these will reach here as the front drifts SE and dissapates.
The air temperatures will range from the low 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 26ºC to 32ºC. 
Ocean water temperatures are 83 to 84ºF 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
TS Nadine is still in the North Atlantic near the Azore Islands. It is heading ESE. 
A weak tropical wave across the central Caribbean will move W through the W Caribbean and reach the Yucatan Peninsula by Saturday. A second tropical wave will reach the tropical N Atlantic waters today...then move into the E Caribbean Friday...and across the central Caribbean Saturday and Sunday...and into the Western Caribbean on Monday. A third tropical wave will reach the tropical N Atlantic on Monday.

Fig 6 - Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Fig 7 - Today's NOAA Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 8 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9 - Today's Atlantic Satellite Image

Fig 10 - Today's IR Water Vapor Image

Fig 11 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 5:56 am LT                Moon Rise – 9:59 am LT
high tide 1:28 pm LT               Moon Set –9:38 pm LT
low tide 7:01 pm LT                Sunrise – 5:36 am LT
high tide 12:14 am LT             Sunset – 5:45 pm LT

Moon