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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 July 31, 2016
Skies will be mostly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 5 mph to 20 mph. Seas will be  moderate to calm at 1 ft to 3ft or less.
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 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. Gulf of Mexico - A trough will move off the W coast of the Yucatan Peninsula each evening and dissipate across the SW Gulf each morning. Otherwise...high pressure will prevail across the area through Wednesday. A strong tropical wave will move into the southern Gulf waters Thursday.
2. Caribbean Sea - A fast moving tropical wave over the tropical N Atlantic waters has brought fresh to strong winds and building seas N of 15N E of the Leeward Islands. These conditions will shift across the NE Caribbean islands on Sun... then across the N central islands on Mon. Winds and seas will increase behind the tropical wave over the central Caribbean Tuesday and spread westward into the W Caribbean Wed and Thu.
3. Tropical Storm Outlook 

Fig. 3 -  5 day Tropical Weather Outlook

ple of days, but the best chance for tropical cyclone formation is likely to be by the early to middle part of next week when the wave reaches the western Caribbean Sea. This system is expected to bring locally heavy rains and gusty winds to portions of the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico today. Shower and thunderstorm activity should spread westward across the eastern Caribbean Sea and Hispaniola by tonight and on Monday. All interests in the Bay Islands and on the North Coast of Honduras should monitor this system closely as it tracks westward toward us. Currently this system does not pose a threat to the Bay Islands and north coast of Honduras. But all interests here should monitor this system as it moves west towards us.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent 

Fig. 3a -  Forecast Track Invest 97L

3.2. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave and a low pressure system centered (96L) about 650 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde islands has changed little in organization. This system is moving westward at 10 to 15 mph, and development, if any, should be slow to occur due to unfavorable upper-level winds.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent 

Fig. 3b -  Forecast Track Invest 96L

4. ITCZ/Monsoon Trough...

The monsoon trough extends across Africa into the east Tropical Atlantic near 13N17W to the 1009 mb low near 12N31W to 08N42W where the ITCZ begins and continues to 10N50W to 12N54W. Scattered moderate to strong convection in vicinity of the monsoon trough along the coast of western Africa from 12N-18N between 15W-20W.

Fig 3c - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide  12:57 am LT                                              Sunrise – 5:29 am LT>71° East
high tide 6:39 am LT                                                Sunset – 6:18 pm LT < 289° NW
low tide 1:09 pm LT                                                Moon Rise – 03:18 am LT<71° East
high tide 7:39 pm LT                                               Moon Set – 04:30 pm LT>289º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 49 minutes (-38s)