The Cold Front is Beginning to Diffuse

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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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.

Thursday, Jan. 09, 2014

Today, skies will be partly cloudy with a chance of intermittent rain. Winds will be WSW to W in direction at 20 mph throughout the day. Decreasing to 15 mph or less, late this afternoon and evening Seas will be confused, choppy and rough at 2 to 4 feet or higher.
This morning, satellite imagery shows that the remnants of the cold front reach from just west of Roatan and the Bay Islands to eastern Cuba and out into the Atlantic Ocean. The frontal boundary will continue moving NE and is diminishing in strength.
Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats. With wind chill, it will feel like the mid 60s F, especially when exiting the water.
Tomorrow skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly and light at 10 mph or less through the morning and afternoon hours.
A cold front will approach the Yucatan Channel Saturday night but will dissipate N of the NW Caribbean on Sunday. Another front may move through the Gulf of Mexico on Monday.
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 82°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

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/CaribbeanSatellite.aspx

Not Available Today

Fig 3a - Today's Caribbean Rainbow Loop

Fig 4 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/AtlanticAnalysis.aspx

Not Available Today

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

http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/AtlanticForecast.aspx

Not Available Today

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
high tide 5:21 am LT                     Moon Rise – 12:45 pm LT
low tide 11:26 am LT                   Moon Set – 1:41 am LT
high tide 4:33 pm LT                    Sunrise – 6:17 am LT
low tide 11:27 pm LT                   Sunset – 5:32 pm LT

Moon

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