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 05, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms today. Winds will be light and westerly in direction at 5 mph to 10 mph or less. Seas will be  moderate to calm at 1 to 3 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 - Winds and seas will increase over the eastern Gulf late today through Fri night as Hurricane Matthew moves N across the Bahamas and along the east coast of Florida. A new cold front may push into the NW Gulf by the end of the week...moving across the Gulf during the upcoming weekend.
2. Caribbean Sea - Hurricane Matthew N of Cuba near 21.1N 74.6W 962 mb at 5 am EDT moving N at 9 kt. maximum sustained winds 110 kt with gusts to 135 kt. The center of Matthew will move across the Bahamas today. Winds and seas will continue to diminish across the Caribbean Seas today. All interests in the Bay Islands and on the North Coast of Honduras should monitor this system closely as it tracks north and east of us. Currently this system does not pose a threat to the Bay Islands and north coast of Honduras.
3. ...Tropical Waves...
3a. A tropical wave moving across the tropical N Atlantic is forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles this evening...then will approach Puerto Rico Thu evening...and Dominican Republic by Fri evening.
3b. Tropical wave extends from 15N53W to 8N58W moving west-northwest near 15 kt over the past 24 hours. Wave coincides with a 700 mb trough south of 13N and remains embedded within a surge of moisture. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is within 90/120 nm of a line from 15N44W 14N51W to 16N57W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun 

low tide  4:55 am LT                             Sunrise – 5:38 am LT>95° East
high tide 1:05 pm LT                             Sunset – 5:33 pm LT < 265° NW
low tide 6:18 pm LT                              Moon Rise – 9:16 pm LT<106° East
high tide 10:52 pm LT                           Moon Set – 9:00 am LT>253º West

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:11 hours, 55 minutes (-52s)