Increasing Cloudiness with the Passage of a Cold Front

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

Sunday, January 17, 2016 

Skies will be mostly sunny.  Winds will be variable in direction at 5 mph to25 mph. Seas will be moderate to rough at 2 ft to 4 ft or higher. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. Expect increasing cloudiness and rain with the passage of a cold front

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.

Fig 1 - Today's Wind and Weather Forecast

Fig 1a - This Week'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 cold front from Apalachicola, Florida becomes stationary from 28.5N89W to 999 mb low pressure near 28N92W then cold front to 23N98W. A squall line lies approximately 150 nm ahead of the front N of 23N. The low move rapidly eastward while intensifying over the northern waters overnight...dragging a cold front across the basin through Sun. A new cold front will move into NW Gulf of Mexico Thu. 

2. Weak ridging will extend across much of the N Caribbean today ahead of a cold front that will move into the NW Caribbean Sun. The front will extend from central Cuba to NE Honduras Mon morning then stall from the Windward Passage to NE Honduras Tue night where it will dissipate through Wed

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 4:09 am LT                                             Sunrise – 6:18 am LT>111° East

low tide 10:01 am LT                                            Sunset – 5:36 pm LT < 249° West

high tide 3:33 pm LT                                             Moon Rise – 12:16 pm LT> 79° East

low tide 10:26 pm LT                                            Moon Set – 1:04 am LT < 279° West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 18 minutes (+29)