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

Saturday, October 29, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be strong and mostly westerly in direction at 15 mph to 30 mph or higher.
Seas will be  moderate to rough at 1 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 - Strong easterly winds will persist across the SE and S central Gulf waters through early Sun between high pressure N of the area and low pressure over the NW Caribbean. Strong NW winds will continue along the coast of Veracruz, Mexico through late Sun. Strong winds will resume over the SE Gulf late Mon as the pressure gradient tightens again.
2. Caribbean Sea - A surface low near 18N84W will drift S and weaken to a trough on Sun and dissipate on Mon. Strong E winds N of the low will diminish this afternoon. Strong winds will develop to the lee of Cuba late Tue and spread across the waters N of 18N W of 74W on Wed. A weak tropical wave along 74W will lose identity by sun. A trough over the Leewards will continue W passing Puerto Rico tonight and reach the Dominican Republic on Sun. A tropical wave will pass through the tropical waters E of the Windwards tonight and enter the E Caribbean on Sun.
3. ...Tropical Waves...
3a. Tropical wave in the Tropical Atlantic extends along 51W/52W from 10N-17N moving west near 15 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with a 700 mb trough and is embedded within an area of moderate moisture. No associated deep convection.
3b. Tropical wave in the Caribbean extends along 75W south of 18N to inland over Colombia moving west near 10 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with weak 700 mb trough south of 13N and is embedded within an area of deep moisture. No associated deep convection. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are from 16N-18N between 74W-77W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  1:30 am LT                        Sunrise – 5:43 am LT>104° East
high tide 8:18 am LT                        Sunset – 5:18 pm LT < 256° NW
low tide 1:57 pm LT                         Moon Rise – 4:49 am LT<96° East
high tide  7:24 pm LT                       Moon Set – 4:59 pm LT>262º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 35 minutes (-46s)