Partly Sunny with Moderate Winds and Seas

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 23, 2015

Skies will be partly sunny. Today, winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 20 mph. Seas will be choppy at 2 to 4 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 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 will enter the NW Caribbean Sat morning...stalling and dissipating from eastern Cuba to N central Honduras through Sun morning. Fresh to strong northerly winds develop E of Nicaragua Tue. Otherwise mainly moderate trades will prevail across the area through the period.

Fig 22 - Active Tropical Atlantic Storms 

Fig 23 - 48 Hour Tropical Storm Probability

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 4:45 am LT                     Sunrise – 6:19 am LT >110° SE
high tide 10:59 am LT                  Sunset – 5:40 pm LT  <250° W
low tide 5:34 pm LT                     Moon Rise – 8:48 pm LT  >94° E
high tide 11:51 pm LT                  Moon Set – 9:03 am LT  <269° W

Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 21 minutes  (+34 s)

Moon