Partly Sunny with Light Westerly Winds

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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Friday, December 19, 2014

Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be light, variable and mostly westerly in direction at 5 mph to 10 mph or less. Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 to 3 feet. The air temperatures will range from the mid to high 70s (ºF) to the low to mid 80s (ºF) or 23C to 25ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 78°F to 82°F or 25ºC to 28ºC. Visibility is 20 to 80 ft. Expect this weather to prevail through the early part of next week.

There is a chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the early morning, late night hours.

 Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - Today's Forecasted Wind Speeds in the NW Caribbean Sea

Fig. 3 - Current 8 Day Weather Forecast for Roatan

 Fig 4 - Today's Weather Forecast CONUSA

 Fig 5 - 24 Hour Forecast CONUSA

 Fig 6 - 3 Day Forecast CONUSA

Fig 7 - Today's 26ºC/78.8ºF Isotherm

Fig 8 - Today's 20ºC/68ºF Isotherm

Fig 9 - Ocean Heat Content

 Fig 10 - Today's Graphicast

 Fig 11 - Today's Caribbean Satellite Image

 Fig 12 - Today's Caribbean Rainbow Loop

 Fig 13 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 12 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis 

Fig 13 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image

 Fig 14 - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image

Fig15 - Today's North American Surface Temperature Contour Map

 Fig 16 - Today's Saharan Air Layer

 Fig 17 - Today's Saharan Air Layer_Pseudo Natural Color

Fig 18 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 19 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic

The Tropical Weather Outlook

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
A 1014 mb low pressure is over south Texas near 27N98W. A stationary front extends from the low to 28N94W to 25N87W. This front will move north as a warm front across the north- central Gulf of Mexico through Sat morning as the low pressure in south Texas tracks NE. The low will reach the coast of SE Louisiana Fri night and drag a cold front across the western Gulf of Mexico. The front will extend from New Orleans to near Tampico, Mexico Sat...then become stationary and weaken from the Florida Big Bend to eastern Bay of Campeche, Mexico Sun. A strong cold front is forecast to enter the NW Gulf of Mexico Tue morning followed by strong winds.

  Fig 20 - Active Tropical Atlantic Storms

Fig 21 - 48 Hour Tropical Storm Probability

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 12:23 am LT                 Sunrise – 6:09 am LT >114° SE
high tide 7:24 am LT                  Sunset – 5:20 pm LT  <246° W
low tide 1:01 pm LT                   Moon Rise – 3:40 am LT  >106° E
high tide 6:16 pm LT                  Moon Set – 3:27 pm LT  <253° W

Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 11 minutes (-3s)

Moon