Again 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

             CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com , 800-510-8164

Friday, November 25, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be light and variable in direction at 20 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate at 1ft. to 3ft. or less.  There is an increasing chance of rain through the weekend.  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 Fig 3 - IR Satellite Water Vapor

The Tropical Weather Outlook
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:1. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected for the next 48 hours.
2. Gulf of Mexico - A nearly stationary front from the W Florida Panhandle to near Corpus Christi, TX will weaken while a reinforcing front moves into the northern Gulf this afternoon and tonight...merging with the old front...and then reaching from N Florida to S Texas early Sat. This front will then weaken across the S Gulf Sun and Sun night. strong southerly flow and high seas will develop across the W and N central Gulf late Sun through Tue.
3. Caribbean Sea - Weak troughing over the SW Caribbean will persist the next few days. High pressure n of the area will maintain fresh to strong NE winds over much of the NW and N central Caribbean through tonight before subsiding. A new cold front will sweep SE across the SW N Atlantic Sun through Tue with building ridge behind front to produce freshening winds over much of the N and central Caribbean including Atlantic passages Mon through Tue night.
4. ...SPECIAL FEATURES...
Tropical Storm Otto is centered near 10.5N 86.9W at 25/0900 UTC or about 120 nm west-northwest of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica moving west at 12 kt. Estimated minimum central pressure is 998 mb. Maximum sustained wind speed is 50 kt with gusts to 60 kt. Scattered heavy showers and isolated tstms are from 10N-13N between 85W and 89W. The center of Otto will continue to move away from the coast of Central America today. Heavy rains associated with Otto will continue to affect portions of northern Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua into early this morning. These rains are expected to move offshore of Costa Rica and Nicaragua into the eastern Pacific later today. Earlier heavy rains and the potential additional rainfall will continue to pose the threat of life-threatening floods and mudslides across these regions. Swells generated by Otto are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions over the next several days along the coasts of Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Otto is no longer in the Atlantic Basin.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 6:59 am LT                  Sunrise – 5:55 am LT>111° East
low tide 12:44 pm LT                 Sunset – 5:13 pm LT < 248° NW
high tide  6:07 pm LT                Moon Rise – 2:47 pm LT<94° East
low tide  12:44 am LT               Moon Set – 2:55 am LT>264º West  
                                                                                                                         

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours: 11 hours, 17 minutes (-29s)