Partly Sunny, Light North Winds Ahead of Cold Front

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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Thursday, Mar. 13, 2014
Again today, skies will be sunny. Winds will be light and mostly northerly at 5 mph to 10 mph or less. Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 to 3 feet or less. A strong cold front extends from Tampa Bay, Florida to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. It will enter the Yucatan channel today and extend from eastern Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras later today and dissipate from the Windward Passage to the Gulf of Honduras on Friday. Fresh north winds are expected over the NW Caribbean behind the front on Thursday night.
A second weaker cold front will move into the Gulf of Mexico late Saturday night...reach from the Florida Panhandle to the Yucatan Peninsula late Sunday...and move slowly SE 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 78°F to 79°F or 23ºC to 24ºC. 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 2 - 2 Day Forecast

Fig 3 - 3 Day Forecast

 Fig 4 - Today's 26ºC/78.8ºF Isotherm

Fig 5 - Today's 20ºC/68ºF Isotherm

 Fig 6 _ Today's Ocean Heat Content

 

Fig 7 - Today's Graphicast

Fig 8 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

 Fig 9 - Today's Caribbean Rainbow Loop

 Fig 10 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 11 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis

Fig 12 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

Fig 13 - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image
 

Fig 14 - Today's Tropical Surface Forecast

 Fig 15 - Today's NOAA Tropical Atlantic Surface Analysis

Fig 16 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

Fig 17 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 18 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic
(Not Available Today)

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 12:47 am LT                            Moon Rise – 3:44 pm LT
high tide 7:07 am LT                             Moon Set – 3:44 am LT
low tide 1:04 pm LT                              Sunrise – 5:57 am LT
high tide 7:18 pm LT                             Sunset – 5:57 pm LT

Moon