The Calm before the Cold Fronts Arrive Later This Week

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

How to use this page:
The title of each of the figures below is linked to the page where the information originates.
Since I write and post early in the day and generally do not update the page until the next morning; by clicking on the link, it allows you, the viewer, to get the latest information.
This is not only convenient but allows you to track weather events such as cold fronts and hurricanes from a single web page.
In addition, in the right column is a very useful widget. It is a trip planner...yesteryear's weather at a glance.This widget lets you check historic weather for your trip dates.

Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014

Today, skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be E to ESE in direction at 10 mph to 15 mph this morning. Increasing to 20 mph to 25 mph, this afternoon and evening. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 feet or higher.
Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.
A cold front will approach the Yucatan Channel tonight but will dissipate N of the NW Caribbean Sunday. A second front will approach the Yucatan Channel late Monday...cross it by late Tuesday...then extend from central Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras by Wednesday evening...and from the Windward Passage to the border of Honduras and Nicaragua late on Thursday.
The air temperatures will range from the high 70s (ºF) to the mid 80s (ºF) or 24ºC to 26ºC.
Ocean water temperatures are 79°F to 80°F or 25ºC to 26ºC. Visibility is 20 to 80 ft.

The SAL (Saharan Air Layer) has changed in area and in density. See Figs. 9 and 9a below.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 1a - Today's NWS Interactive Wind Speed Map

Fig 1b - Today's 26ºC/78.8ºF Isotherm

Fig 1c - Today's 20ºC/68ºF Isotherm

Fig 1d _ Today's Ocean Heat Content

Fig 2 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

Fig 3a - Today's Caribbean Rainbow Loop

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 Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 12:42 am LT            Moon Rise – 3:02 pm LT
high tide 7:18 am LT             Moon Set – 3:20 am LT
low tide 1:21 am LT              Sunrise – 6:18 am LT
high tide 6:42 pm LT             Sunset – 5:33 pm LT

Moon

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