Mostly Sunny and Windy

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

Friday, October 28, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be strong and mostly westerly in direction at 15 mph to 30 mph or higher.  There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms today.
Seas will be  moderate to calm at 1 to 4 ft. 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 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 - Strong E winds will persist over SE and S central Gulf through Sun between high pressure N of the area and low pressure over the NW Caribbean. Strong to near gale force NW winds will continue near the coast of Veracruz, Mexico through Sat. Winds will gradually diminish early next week as the high pressure to the north weakens and the low pressure dissipates.
2. Caribbean Sea - A shear line extending west from Haiti to broad low pressure over the NW Caribbean will drift N and gradually dissipate through Sat night. Fresh to strong NE winds will persist across the NW Caribbean through tonight then develop again early Tue. A tropical wave along 70W will lose identity by Sat.
3. ...Tropical Waves...
3a. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico are associated with a broad area of low pressure located about a hundred miles north of the coast of Honduras. While this system is producing winds to near gale force north of the center, development is not expected due to strong upper-level winds. The low is forecast to move little over the next few days, and locally heavy rainfall is possible across portions of the eastern Yucatan peninsula, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Jamaica through the weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent
3b. An Atlantic Ocean tropical wave is along 46W/47W from 16N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 knots. Convective precipitation: rainshowers are possible from 15N to 20N between 40W and 50W.
3c. A Caribbean Sea tropical wave is moving across the eastern parts of the Dominican Republic along 70W/71W, moving westward 10 to 15 knots. Convective precipitation: rainshowers are possible between 66W and 70W. Rainshowers also have been forming, dissipating, and re-forming between 68W and 74W during the last six hours or more.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide  1:07 am LT                        Sunrise – 5:43 am LT>104° East
high tide 7:44 am LT                        Sunset – 5:19 pm LT < 256° NW
low tide 1:28 pm LT                         Moon Rise – 4:02 am LT<92° East
high tide  7:02 pm LT                       Moon Set – 4:16 pm LT>256º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:   11 hours, 36 minutes (-46s)