Mostly Cloudy with Intermittent Rain

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, January 30, 2015

Skies will be mostly cloudy with intermittent rain. Today, winds will be mostly northerly in direction at 10 mph to 15 mph. Seas will be calm to moderate 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 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 15a -Atlantic Forecast 

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 weak cold front will drop into the northern Gulf of Mexico waters tonight before stalling along 26N by Fri night...before lifting back N as a warm front through Sun morning. A stronger cold front will approach the NW waters Sun entering the NW Gulf Sun night. That front is forecast to extend from the Florida Panhandle to the SW Gulf of Mexico Mon.
2. Fresh to strong winds near the coast of Nicaragua will diminish tonight. Otherwise moderate to locally fresh trade winds will prevail...increasing to fresh to strong in the tropical N Atlantic Mon night.

Fig 22 - Active Tropical Atlantic Storms

Fig 23 - 48 Hour Tropical Storm Probability

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 12:13 am LT               Sunrise – 6:18 am LT >108° SE
high tide 6:44 am LT                Sunset – 5:43 pm LT  <252° W
low tide 12:51 am LT               Moon Rise – 2:26 pm LT  >71° E
high tide 6:17 pm LT                Moon Set – 2:42 am LT  <289° W

Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 26 minutes  (+39 s)

Moon