Mostly 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,  July 13, 2016
Skies will be mostly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 25 mph or higher. Seas will be  moderate to rough  at 2 ft to 4 ft or higher.
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 - High pressure extending across the northern Gulf will remain in place through the upcoming weekend. A trough will move NW off the Yucatan Peninsula each evening and dissipate over the SW Gulf waters during the overnight hours.
2. Caribbean Sea - The difference in pressure between an Atlantic ridge and low pres over S America will maintain fresh to strong trades across the central Caribbean. Winds will be gale force tonight and to near gale force wed night along the coast of Colombia. A tropical wave over the Gulf of Honduras will depart the W Caribbean tonight. another tropical wave will pass 55W Thu and reach the central Caribbean Sat.
3. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
4. Tropical Waves...
4a. Tropical wave in the Tropical Atlantic extends along 43W/44W from 8N-17N with a weak 1013 mb low along the wave near 11N, all moving west near 15 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with a 700 mb trough south of 15N as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Clusters of scattered moderate convection are from 10N-13N between 42W-46W.
4b. Tropical wave in the Caribbean extends along 87W from 21N to over Central America moving west near 20 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave is embedded within a 700 mb trough depicted in the global models and is embedded within a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. No associated deep convection in the Caribbean basin.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 3:59 am LT                                                         Sunrise – 5:23 am LT>67° East
low tide   10:53 am LT                                                      Sunset – 6:23 pm LT < 293° NW
high tide 5:51 pm LT                                                         Moon Rise – 1:12 am LT<102° East
low tide 11:29 pm LT                                                        Moon Set – 00:25 pm LT>260º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 59 minutes  (-24s)