The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast Wednesday for October 17, 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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Wednesday October 17, 2012
Again today, skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level clouds. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will be moderate from the W to WNW in direction at 10 mph or less during the day; shifting to the N to NE late tonight..
There is a slight chance of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms in the early morning, late evening hours.
A weak cold front will move off the Texas coast early Thursday and reach from Cedar Key, Florida to Brownsville, Texas by Friday morning. It will drift SE and dissipate on Saturday.
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
Hurricane Rafael  is headed NE out into the Atlantic.
Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.

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 GFS Computer Model Run

Fig 12 - Today's Northern Hemisphere Enhanced Ir Image

Fig 13 - Today's Computer Model Runs for Hurricane Rafael

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 3:37 am LT                    Moon Rise –  7:45 am LT
high tide 10:27 am LT                 Moon Set – 7:27 pm LT
low tide 4:17 pm LT                    Sunrise – 5:40 am LT
high tide 10:33 pm LT                 Sunset – 5:25 pm LT

Moon