The CoCoView Resort Weather Forecast for Friday Dec. 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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Friday Dec. 21, 2012

Today, skies will be mostly cloudy. Seas will be moderate at 2 to 4 feet or less. Winds will be northerly at 10 to 15 mph or higher.

This morning, a strong cold front reaches from just south of Tampa Bay to the Yucatan Peninsula. It has gale force, N to NW winds, along and behind the front. This cold front moves into NW Caribbean today and will reach from the Windward Passage to the SW Caribbean by Sunday. It then dissipates on Monday. Expect strong northerly winds, increasing cloudiness and rain with the passage of this cold front.

The next cold front is forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico late Tuesday. See Fig. 13

The air temperatures will range from the low 70s (ºF) to the low 80s (ºF) or 22ºC to 26ºC.

Ocean water temperatures are 80 to 82ºF or 24 to 25ºC. 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 NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis

Fig 6 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

Fig 7 - Today's Tropical Atlantic Satellite Image

Fig 8 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 9 - Today's NOAA Tropical Atlantic Surface Analysis

Fig 10 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 11 - Today's N. Hemisphere EIr Satellite Image

Fig 12 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Sat. 121222

Fig 13 - Today's ECMWF Computer Model Run for Wed. 121226

Moon

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 5:20 am LT             Moon Rise – 12:42 pm LT

low tide 11:22 am LT            Moon Set – 1:27 pm LT

high tide 4:21 pm LT             Sunrise – 6:10 am LT

low tide 11:17pm LT             Sunset – 5:21 pm LT