Skies will be 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

Sunday,  July 17, 2016
Skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 25 mph or higher. Seas will be  moderate to rough  at 1 ft to 4 ft or higher. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the early morning 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 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 high pressure ridge across the northern Gulf will slowly shift northward Sun night through Thu night. A Yucatan trough will develop each day then move W and generally produce fresh winds over the Bay of Campeche, Mexico during the overnight hours. Winds will be fresh to strong Sun night.
2. Caribbean Sea - High pressure N of the area will maintain fresh to strong trades across the south-central Caribbean through Thu night. A tropical wave along the coast of Colombia will pass S of Jamaica Mon...and reach Central America by Tue evening. Another tropical wave associated with active weather and increasing winds and seas is forecast to approach 55W on Wed.
3. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
4. Tropical Waves...
4a. An Atlantic Ocean tropical wave is along 26W/27W from 17N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 Knots. The position agrees with long-term satellite imagery. Convective precipitation: scattered strong from 04N to 06N between 27W and 29W. isolated moderate elsewhere from 03N to 13N between 23W and 30W.
4b. An Atlantic Ocean tropical wave is along 44W from 18N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 Knots. The position agrees with long-term satellite imagery. Convective precipitation: scattered moderate to isolated strong from 05N to 08N between 39W and 42W. Isolated moderate elsewhere from 11N southward between 37W and 47W.
4c. A Caribbean Sea tropical wave is along 74W/75W, from 16N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 Knots. Convective precipitation: numerous strong from 11N southward to land between Colombia and 79W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 1:08 am LT                                                     Sunrise – 5:25 am LT>68° East
high tide 6:28 am LT                                                    Sunset – 6:22 pm LT < 292° NW
low tide  12:59 pm LT                                                  Moon Rise – 2:31 am LT<109° East
high tide 8:01 pm LT                                                    Moon Set – 03:20 pm LT>251º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 57 minutes  (-27s)