Intermittent Heavy Rain and Cool NW 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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Monday, January 26, 2015

Skies will be mostly cloudy. Today, winds will be northwesterly in direction at 15 mph to 25 mph. Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 to 4 feet or higher. Expect cloudiness and rain through today.

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 81°F or 25ºC to 27ºC. Visibility is 20 to 80 ft.

  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 

Fig12a - Today's Caribbean - False RGB Loop 

Fig 13 - Today's Tropical Surface Analysis

Fig 14 - Today's NOAA Gulf of Mexico and W. Caribbean Surface Analysis 

Fig 15 - Today's Satellite Water Vapor Image 

Fig 16 - Today's Enhanced Infrared Satellite Image 

 Fig17 - Today's North American Surface Temperature Contour Map

Fig17a- Today's Global Surface Temperature Contour Map

Fig 18 - Today's Saharan Air Layer 

Fig 19 - Today's Saharan Air Layer_Pseudo Natural Color 

Fig 20 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

Fig 21 - SSMI/SSMIS/TMI-derived Total Precipitable Water - North Atlantic

The Tropical Weather Outlook

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A cold front extending from 30N83W to 26N92W to 26N97W will push SE of the Gulf of Mexico by Tue morning. Another cold front will clip the Gulf of Mexico waters E of 86W Tue and Tue night. A weak cold front will drop into the northern Gulf of Mexico Fri morning where it will stall and dissipate through Fri night.
2. A stationary front extending from eastern Cuba near 21N78W to N central Honduras near 16N86W will dissipate through the morning hours. A cold front will clip the waters N of 20N tonight. Fresh to strong northerly winds will develop E of Nicaragua Tue through Thu morning. Otherwise moderate to locally fresh trades will prevail across the remainder of the basin.

Fig 22 - Active Tropical Atlantic Storms 

Fig 23 - 48 Hour Tropical Storm Probability

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 2:50 am LT               Sunrise – 6:18 am LT >109° SE
low tide 8:41 am LT                Sunset – 5:42 pm LT  <251° W
high tide 2:23 pm LT               Moon Rise – 11:12 pm LT  >80° E
low tide 9:23 pm LT                Moon Set – 11:58 am LT  <282° W
 

Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 23 minutes  (+37 s)

Moon