Roatan Weather

Monday, August 5, 2013

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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Monday Aug 05, 2013

Today, skies will be partly cloudy. Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 to 4 feet. Winds will be fresh and easterly in direction, this morning, at 12 mph to 15 mph; increasing this afternoon and evening to 20 mph to 25 mph. In the afternoon, winds will be ENE to E in direction. Winds and seas will continue to moderate.

There is a slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms.

Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.

The air temperatures will range from the mid 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 25ºC to 32ºC.

Ocean water temperatures are 82°F to 84ºF or 27ºC to 28ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

Fig 4 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 5 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis

Fig 6 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 6a - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image

Fig 7 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

Fig 8 - Today's NOAA Tropical Atlantic Surface Analysis

Fig 9 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 9a - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 10 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic

The Tropical Weather Outlook

There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic.

A weak tropical wave will move into the tropical N Atlantic tonight...the E Caribbean Tuesday night and Wednesday...then across the remainder of the Caribbean on Thursday and Friday.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.

The SAL remains relatively constant in terms of area covered. But it has increased in density over the tropical Atlantic. Very dry air from a Saharan Air Layer outbreak spreads across the Caribbean basin in the lower and middle levels which is favoring fair weather.

Dry air is expected to persist over most of the basin within the next 48 hours supporting fair weather.

See Figs 9 and 9a.