Again Mostly Sunny and Windy

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

Wednesday, December 30, 2015 

Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 20 mph; increasing to 25 mph to 35 mph this afternoon and evening. Seas will be  rough at 2 ft to 4 ft. or higher  Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.

The air temperatures will range from the high 70sºF to mid 80s ºF or 25°C to 27ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 78°F to 82°F or 25ºC to 27ºC.

zFig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 2 - 3 Day Cloud Cover-Rain Forecast

The Tropical Weather Outlook

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 

1. A push of cold air will move into the NW Gulf of Mexico today. This air will move in behind a frontal boundary currently stretched from Pensacola Bay, Florida through 23N95W to Tampico, Mexico. The front will push southeastward across the northern Gulf of Mexico through Fri night while the southern portion remains W of 94W. The front will stall from Naples, Florida through 24N93W to 18N93W Sat into early Sun before moving from Florida Bay to the NE Yucatan Sun night. Gale conditions are possible in the W central and SW Gulf of Mexico Fri night through Sat. 

2. The pressure gradient between high pressure N of the Caribbean and low pressure in northern Colombia will maintain fresh to strong winds across most of the Caribbean...with gale force winds expected near the coast of Colombia...through early Fri morning. Winds will diminish across the area over the weekend as a cold front approaches the Yucatan Channel from the Gulf of Mexico.

3. The SAL has decreased in area and increased in density.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 12:50 pm LT                                       Sunrise – 6:14 am LT>114° East

low tide 6:20 am LT                                          Sunset – 5:25 pm LT < 246° West

high tide 12:43 pm LT                                       Moon Rise – 10:21 pm LT> 85° East

low tide 7:31 pm LT                                          Moon Set – 10:11 am LT < 277° West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 12 minutes (+9)