Mostly 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

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be light and mostly westerly in direction at 5 mph to 20 mph or less.  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 high pressure will persist from the Carolinas to the coast of Texas through Fri...then weaken some Sat night through Sun night. This will increase the NE to E winds across the eastern Gulf and Straits of Florida through Fri night...then begin to slowly diminish Sat night through Sun night. Strong E winds will spread W into the central Gulf Fri and into the western Gulf through Sat. Strong to near gale force NW winds are forecast to develop near the coast of Veracruz, Mexico Thu night through Sat.
2. Caribbean Sea - A shearline extending from the Windward Passage to NE of Honduras will persist through Thu. Fresh NE winds will persist thereafter in the lee of Cuba and Windward passage between weak troughing over the SW Caribbean and reinforcing high pressure to the N. A tropical wave axis near 64W will move across the E Caribbean through tonight...then weaken as it enters the central Caribbean on Thu.
3....Tropical Waves...
3a. An Atlantic Ocean tropical wave is along 36W/37W from 15N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 knots. Convective precipitation: numerous strong from 05N to 08N between 33W and 36W.
3b. A Caribbean Sea tropical wave is along 64W from 20N southward, moving westward 10 to 15 knots. Convective precipitation: widely scattered moderate to isolated strong from 10N to 20N between 55W and 70W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide  12:17 pm LT                      Sunrise – 5:42 am LT>103° East
high tide 6:32 am LT                        Sunset – 5:20 pm LT < 257° NW
low tide 12:30 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 2:26 am LT<84° East
high tide  6:11 pm LT                       Moon Set – 2:59 pm LT>274º West


    

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 37 minutes (-47s)