Thursday, December 3, 2015

Partly 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


Thursday, December 03, 2015
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be variable in direction at 10 mph or higher. Seas will be choppy to rough at 2 ft to 4 ft or higher. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives.
There is a chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms today.
The air temperatures will range from the low to high 80sºF or 26°C to 27ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 84°F to 87°F or 29ºC to 31ºC.





The Tropical Weather Outlook
    For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
    1. A cold front extending from near Cedar Key, Florida to 23N94W to 18.5N96W will reach from Naples, Florida to 20.5N94W to 18N94W by late today...then stall from far SW Florida to 20.5N94W to 18N94W Fri then become diffuse through early next week. Another cold front will move off the Texas coast Sun and reach from central Florida to the SW Gulf of Mexico by late Mon.
    2. High pres N of the area will continue to support strong trade winds across mainly the central Caribbean into early next week. Strong NE winds will accompany a cold front approaching the Yucatan Channel tonight and Fri.
    3. There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at this time. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th.

4. The SAL has increased slightly in area and density.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
high tide 4:10 pm LT Sunrise – 6:00 am LT>113° East
low tide 9:56 am LT Sunset – 5:14 pm LT < 247° West
high tide 3:35 pm LT Moon Rise – 12:31 am LT> 83° East
low tide 10:37 pm LT Moon Set – 12:17 pm LT < 278° West

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 15 minutes (-23sec)

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