The center of Invest 97L will pass to the north of Roatan tonight

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

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Tuesday Oct 01, 2013

Again, today, skies will be partly sunny. Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 to 3 feet. Winds will be light and easterly direction, this morning, at 5 mph or less; increasing to 10 mph or less, from the NE, this afternoon and evening. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Expect increasing cloudiness and rain as Invest 97L approaches. See details below in the Tropical Weather Outlook. Moderate to light trade winds and seas are now forecast through Wednesday.
The air temperatures will range from the mid 80s (ºF) to the low 90s (ºF) or 25ºC to 32ºC.
Ocean water temperatures are 84°F to 86ºF or 28ºC to 29ºC. 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
Invest 97L is still a broad trough of cloudiness and rain along 82W. It will continue to move W-NW through today. Then across the NW Caribbean Wednesday...and inland across the Yucatan by Thursday. This afternoon, its center was located about 220 miles E (85º) of Roatan at 16.7N by 83.1.9W. It is moving NW, at about 10 mph, with winds of 30 mph. On this course, at this forward speed, the center of the system will pass to the north of Roatan late tonight and tomorrow. This system now has a 30 percent...of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours and is given a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 5 days. Interests here should monitor this system as it continues to develop.
TD 11 has strengthen and is now TS Jerry. It remains a large area of cloudiness and showers located in the tropical Atlantic, several hundred miles SE of Bermuda. It is not expected to affect any land areas.
The SAL, has decreased slightly in area and density in the last 24 hours. See Figs. 9 and 9a.

Fig 11 - Today's Tropical Weather Outlook

Fig 11a - Invest 97L's Distance and Location from Roatan

Fig 11b - Computer Model Forecast Tracks Invest 97L

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 12:09 am LT                    Moon Rise – 2:38 am LT
high tide 6:29 am LT                     Moon Set – 3:26 pm LT
low tide 12:21 am LT                    Sunrise – 5:37 am LT
high tide 6:21 pm LT                    Sunset – 5:37 pm LT

Moon

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