Again Partly Sunny

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

Friday,  July 08, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 15 mph to 30 mph or higher. Seas will be  moderate to rough  at 2 ft to 4 ft or higher. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the early morning, late night hours.
The air temperatures will range from the high 70sºF to the mid to high 80s ºF or 26°C to 27ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 80°F to 82°F or 26ºC 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. Gulf of Mexico - Little change is expected over the next several days. An Atlantic ridge extending into the northern Gulf will persist through Tue...with seas remaining 5 ft or less across the region. A thermal trough will move off the Yucatan Peninsula into the SW Gulf each evening then dissipate during overnight hours.
2. Caribbean Sea - A persistent ridge over the western Atlantic will support fresh to strong trade winds over much of the central Caribbean. A tropical wave along 88W will move across Central America then the Yucatan Peninsula tonight through Fri night. A weak tropical wave has entered the E Caribbean and will reach the central and W Caribbean over the weekend. Winds in the Gulf of Honduras will pulse to fresh to strong  Fri night...then again Tue night.
3. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
4. Tropical Waves...
4a. A tropical wave is in the tropical central Atlantic with axis near 40W, moving west at 20 knots within the last 24 hours. The wave is embedded in a moderate moist environment from surface to 850 mb as indicated by CIRA LPW imagery. The wave is being engulfed by Saharan dry air and dust that along with strong deep layer wind shear in the region limit the convection to isolated showers from 02N-13N between 35W and 45W.
4b. A tropical wave is in the eastern Caribbean with axis near 62W, moving west at 20 knots within the last 24 hours. A low to moderate moist environment from the surface to 850 mb is associated with the wave. Water vapor imagery show strong subsidence in the vicinity of this wave. Convection is limited to isolated showers E of the wave axis, especially across the Windward Islands.
4c. A tropical wave is across Central America with axis near 88W, moving west at 20 knots within the last 24 hours. A moderate moist environment from the surface to 850 mb is associated with the wave. Isolated showers and tstms are within 20 nm off the southern coast of Belize. Otherwise, scattered heavy showers and tstms are inland mainly across El Salvador and Guatemala.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun 

low tide   6:06 am LT                                                          Sunrise – 5:22 am LT>66° East
high tide 12:33 am LT                                                         Sunset – 6:23 pm LT < 294° NW
low tide 6:09 pm LT                                                            Moon Rise – 9:11 am LT<82° East
high tide 12:26 am LT                                                         Moon Set – 9:49 pm LT>276º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 13 hours 1 minute (-19s)