Partly Cloudy

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, March 23, 2016
Skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30 mph today. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. Seas will be choppy to moderate at 2 ft to 4 ft or higher. There is the possibility of intermittent rain today.
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 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 will move off the Texas coast early Thu and race southward in the western Gulf of Mexico Thu...and extend from the Florida Panhandle to Veracruz, Mexico Thu evening with strong N winds expected W of the front along the coast of Mexico. The front will weaken and stall from northern Florida through 25N90W to Bay of Campeche, Mexico Fri...then drift W and dissipate Sat. The next cold front which will move into the NW Gulf of Mexicolate Sun night.
2. A dissipating frontal boundary extends across the NW Caribbean from E Cuba to Honduras. Fresh to strong trade winds in the south-central Caribbean will persist through the weekend... with winds reaching gale force along the NW coast of Colombia during overnight hours tonight.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 2:33 am LT                                                          Sunrise – 5:49 am LT>89° East
high tide 8:21 am LT                                                         Sunset – 5:59 pm LT < 271° West
low tide 2:42 pm LT                                                          Moon Rise – 6:25 pm LT>88° East
high tide 9:21 pm LT                                                        Moon Set – 5:58 am LT>270º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 9 minutes, (-53 sec)