Mostly 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

Sunday, February 21, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny.  Winds will be  E to ENE in direction at 10 mph to 15 mph. Seas will be choppy at 2 ft to 4 ft. There is a very slight chance of rain through Monday.
The air temperatures will range from the low 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 weak cold front will move off the Texas and Louisiana coasts Mon night...and reach from SE Louisiana to the upper Texas coast by early Tue before stalling and lifting back N as a warm front. A stronger cold front will enter the Gulf waters late Tue night and extend from Tampa Bay to the Yucatan Peninsula by late Wed and sweep E of the area Wed night. Strong to gale force northerly winds and building seas are possible over the Gulf W of 94W in the wake of the front Wed. Winds slowly diminish Thu.
2. High pressure of 1028 mb located west of Bermuda will maintain fresh to strong NE winds funneling through the Windward and Mona Passages and SW of Cuba into the NW Caribbean today. Strong to gale force winds in the S-central Caribbean will diminish below gale force this morning. As the ridge N of area shifts E and weakens during the next 24 hours...expect a decrease in winds and seas across the basin by early Mon. Thereafter...a typical trade wind pattern will set up across the S-central Caribbean with fresh to strong winds between 70W-80W Mon through Thu.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 1:56 am LT                                                      Sunrise – 6:10 am LT>101° East
high tide 8:12 am LT                                                     Sunset – 5:52 pm LT < 259° West
low tide 2:20 pm LT                                                      Moon Rise – 5:10 pm LT>78° East
high tide 8:23 pm LT                                                     Moon Set – 5:14 am LT < 283° West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 42 minutes (+49)