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

Sunday, August 21, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30 mph. Seas will be  moderate to rough  at 2 to 4 ft or higher. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. 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 recurring surface trough will support strong NE to E winds along the NW coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and across the E Bay of Campeche tonight and Mon night with fresh conditions expected the remainder of the period. A surface high over the E central Gulf will shift NW reaching near the Mississippi Delta on Tue...then shift N of the area on Wed and Thu leaving an E to W ridge across the northern Gulf waters.
2. Caribbean Sea - A tropical wave currently along 72W will move W through the central Caribbean today and pass through the W Caribbean tonight through Tue night. Strong trades across the S central Caribbean will diminish some on Tue. A tropical low currently near 13N41W will pass W through the tropical waters E of the Lesser Antilles on Tue with conditions becoming more favorable for tropical cyclone development in 3 to 5 days.
3. At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Fiona was located near latitude 22.2 North, longitude 51.7 West. Fiona is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph (26 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue during the next couple of days. 4. Tropical Waves...
4a. Tropical wave is just off the west coast of Africa extending from 06N-19N with axis near 18W. There is a 1009 mb low near 12N18W associated with the wave, which is expected to move at 10-15 kt within the next 24 hours. The wave is within a moderate moist environment and it is in a region of favorable to neutral deep layer wind shear that favors scattered heavy showers and isolated tstms from 06N-15N E of 22W. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a few days while the system moves westward and then northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
4b. Tropical wave is in the central Atlantic extending from 07N-18N with axis near 41W, moving W at 15-20 kt within the last 24 hours. There is a 1009 mb low near 13N41W associated with the wave. Intrusion of Saharan dry air and dust to the wave environment continue to limit the convection to scattered showers from 12N-18N between 37W and 45W. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form within the next few days while the system moves westward and then west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, through the eastern Caribbean Sea, and then near the Greater Antilles.
4c. Tropical wave in the central Caribbean extends from 10N-20N with axis near 72W, moving W at 10 kt within the last 24 hours. Even though the wave is in a region of favorable to neutral deep layer wind shear, strong dry air subsidence from aloft inhibits convection at the time.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 4:45 am LT                                           Sunrise – 5:33 am LT>77° East
high tide 11:05 am LT                                        Sunset – 6:07 pm LT < 282° NW
low tide  5:02 pm LT                                          Moon Rise – 8:54 pm LT<85° East
high tide 10:48 pm LT                                        Moon Set – 8:34 am LT>272º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 34 minutes (-48s)