Monday, October 31, 2016

Partly 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

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Monday, October 31, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. There is a very slight chance of scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, especially during the early morning, late night hours.Winds will be strong and mostly westerly in direction at 15 mph to 20 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.



The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.
1. Gulf of Mexico - Strong winds off Veracruz, Mexico will diminish today. High pressure N of area will be reinforced on Tue. Fresh to locally strong E winds will persist over the SE waters...including the Straits of Florida through early Tue night.
2. Caribbean Sea - A surface low over the NW Caribbean will weaken to a trough today with the trough gradually dissipating through Tue. High pressure building N of the area will result in strong NE winds developing in the Lee of Cuba late tonight. These strong conditions will spread across the Yucatan and Windward Passages on Tue night and continue through Wed.
3. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.
4. . ...Caribbean Sea...
A large upper ridge is anchored in the Caribbean near 14N81W and dominates the entire Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the west Atlantic. At the surface is a 1009 mb low centered in the northwest Caribbean near 17N85W with a surface trough extending from 19N87W through the low to 15N82W. Scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are from 16N-20N between 85W- 87W with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms within 60/75 nm either side of the surface trough east of the low. Diffluence across the north Caribbean is generating lingering scattered showers north of 17N east of 80W from the Leeward Islands to Cuba. The low will weaken to a surface trough today with the trough gradually dissipating through Tuesday. Strong northeast winds will develop late tonight in the lee of Cuba as the high over the west Atlantic strengthens. These strong winds will spread across the Yucatan and with Windward Passages Tuesday night through Wednesday.

Fig 3 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun 
low tide  2:33am LT                         Sunrise – 5:44 am LT>105° East
high tide 9:31 am LT                        Sunset – 5:18 pm LT < 255° NW
low tide 3:09 pm LT                         Moon Rise – 6:24 am LT<103° East
high tide  8:12 pm LT                       Moon Set – 6:15 pm LT>256º West


Fig 4 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 33 minutes (-45s)

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