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

Saturday, August 06, 2016
Skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30mph or higher. Seas will be  moderate to rough at 2 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 - TS Earl inland near 19.0N 97.0W 1003 mb at 5 am EDT moving W at 9 kt. maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Earl will move to 19.0N 98.0W this afternoon while weakening to a tropical depression...then will dissipate by late tonight. Ridging will prevail across the northern waters...except in the NE Gulf where a weak surface trough will linger through the middle of the upcoming week.
2. Caribbean Sea - A tropical wave will pass W through the central Caribbean today and tonight...through the W Caribbean on Sun... and the NW Caribbean Sun night into Mon. A  second tropical wave will move W across the E Caribbean through Sun...reaching the central Caribbean on Sun night and Mon...and the W Caribbean on Tue and Wed.
3. Tropical Waves...
3a. Tropical wave off the coast of Africa extends along 18W/19W from 10N-20N moving west near 20 kt over the past 12 hours. Wave coincides with a well defined 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is leading a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is from 10N-13N between 17W-20W.
3b. Tropical wave in the east Tropical Atlantic extends along 33W from 6N-15N moving west 10-15 kt over the past 12 hours. Wave coincides with a weak 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a low amplitude surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to strong convection is from 5N-10N between 31W-36W.
3c. Tropical wave moving over the Lesser Antilles extends along 61W/62W from 11N-20N moving west near 25 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with a well defined 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a broad surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is from 17N-20N between 60W-63W. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are from 15N-22N between 58W-67W.
3d. Tropical wave in the central Caribbean extends along 70W/71W from 12N-22N moving west near 20 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave is trailing a 700 mb trough as depicted in the global models and is embedded within a surge of moisture as seen on the SSMI Total Precipitable Water imagery. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are from over Haiti to the Turks and Caicos from 17N-22N between 71W-74W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide  5:05 am LT                                              Sunrise – 5:30 am LT>73° East
high tide 11:49 am LT                                            Sunset – 6:16 pm LT < 287° NW
low tide 5:18 pm LT                                               Moon Rise – 08:41 am LT<88° East
high tide 11:14 pm LT                                            Moon Set – 09:04 pm LT>270º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 45 minutes (-42s)