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

Monday,  July 25, 2016
Skies will be  partly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30 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 - An upper level low will support active convection across the Gulf through Tue. High pressure ridging will then build in from the Atlantic for the remainder of the week. A trough will move off the W coast of the Yucatan Peninsula each evening with locally fresh NE winds.
2. Caribbean Sea - High pressure NE of the area will maintain fresh to strong trades over the S central Caribbean through the week. A tropical wave is expected to enter the tropical N Atlantic Mon... then move across the Lesser Antilles Mon night...then over the central Caribbean Tue through Wed...and then the W Caribbean Thu and Fri.
3. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
4. Tropical Waves...
4a. A tropical wave is in the eastern Atlantic from 06N-17N with axis near 29W, moving W at 10 kt within the last 24 hours. The wave is associated with a 1012 mb low centered near 12N29W. Meteosat composite imagery show Saharan dry air and dust intrusion into the wave environment, which is limiting the convection to scattered moderate S of the low center from 06N-10N between 23W and 33W.
4b.A tropical wave is in the west Atlantic from 07N-21N with axis near 54W, moving at 30 kt within the last 24 hours. CIRA LPW from the surface to 850 mb show mostly dry air in the wave environment. Meteosat composite imagery show Saharan dry air and dust in the wave environment, which is hindering convection at the time.
4c. A tropical wave is in the Bay of Campeche S of 20N with axis near 94W, moving west at 20 kt within the last 24 hours. A cluster of heavy showers and scattered tstms over southern Mexico extends to the Bay of Campeche S of 19N between 92W and 95W.
5. ITCZ/Monsoon Trough...
The Monsoon Trough extends across Africa into the east Tropical Atlantic near 20N16W and then continues along 14N22W to a 1012 mb low near 12N29W to 07N36W to 07N43W. The ITCZ begins near 07N43W and continues west to 06N56W. Aside from the convection associated with the low pressure center, scattered moderate convection is from 07N-13N E of 23W. Isolated showers are within 120 nm north of the ITCZ west of 49W; similar convection is within 120 nm S of the monsoon trough between 33W and 41W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun 

high tide 12:29 am LT                                                 Sunrise – 5:27 am LT>69° East
low tide 7:29 am LT                                                    Sunset – 6:20 pm LT < 290° NW
high tide 2:13 pm LT                                                  Moon Rise – 10:56 am LT<84° East
low tide  7:56 pm LT                                                  Moon Set – 10:41 pm LT>274º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 53 minutes  (-34s)