Partly Cloudy and Calm

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 01, 2016
Skies will be partly cloudy. There is a chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms today. Winds will be light and variable 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 - A stationary front extending from near Tampa Bay, FL to near Tampico, Mexico will gradually dissipate through Sun. High pressure will dominate the Gulf waters during the early part of next week. Hurricane Matthew is forecast to move through the Bahamas and off the east coast of Florida. Winds may increase slightly around the outer periphery in the eastern Gulf by the middle of the week.
2. Caribbean Sea - Hurricane Matthew near 13.4N 73.4W 942 mb at 11 am EDT moving W AT 5 kt. Maximum sustained winds 125 kt gusts 150 kt. the center of Matthew will move to 13.6N 73.9W Sat evening...to 14.5N 74.6W Sun morning...to 15.7N 75.2W Sun evening...then inland over eastern Cuba near 20.5N 75.5W Mon morning. Matthew will continue N across the central Bahamas as a hurricane through mid week. All interests in the Bay Islands and on the North Coast of Honduras should monitor this system closely as it tracks westward toward us. Currently this system does not pose a threat to the Bay Islands and north coast of Honduras. But all interests here should monitor this system as it moves west towards us.
3. ...Tropical Waves...
3a. A tropical wave is in the central Atlantic extending from a 1010 mb low near 13N34W to 20N33W, moving W at 15-20 kt over the past 24 hours. The wave is in a region of favorable deep layer wind shear and in a region of middle level diffluence. However, the TPW and CIRA LPW imagery show dry air intrusion W of the wave axis. Meteosat enhanced imagery confirm the presence of Saharan dry air and dust in the wave environment, which is inhibiting convection at the time.
3b. A tropical wave is in the central Atlantic extending from a 1008 mb low near 14N51W to 23N52W, moving WNW at 10-15 kt over the past 24 hours. The wave is in a region of unfavorable deep layer wind shear and Saharan dry air and dust is observed mainly W of its axis. Low level moisture and middle level diffluence support scattered showers and isolated tstms from 11N to 23N between 43W and 55W.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide  2:34 am LT                             Sunrise – 5:37 am LT>93° East
high tide 9:07 am LT                             Sunset – 5:36 pm LT < 266° NW
low tide 2:49 am LT                              Moon Rise – 6:05 pm LT<93° East
high tide 8:21 pm LT                             Moon Set – 6:16 am LT>265º West
                                                                                                                                    

Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 58 minutes (-52s)