Partly Sunny with a Chance of Rain

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 18, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be moderate and mainly northeasterly in direction at 20 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate at 2ft. to 4ft.  There is a slight chance of rain through Sunday.  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. Disorganized cloudiness and showers over the southwestern Caribbean Sea are associated with a broad low pressure area. Upper-level winds have become less conducive, and during the next couple of days any development should be slow to occur. After that time, environmental conditions are expected to be more conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form early next week while the low moves slowly and erratically.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent
2. Gulf of Mexico - A strong cold front entering the NW Gulf tonight will cross the central Gulf Sat then extend from Florida Straits to the SW Gulf Sun morning. Strong NE winds and building seas expected behind the front. Gale force winds are expected S of 25N W of 95W within 90 nm of Mexican coast Sat. Gales S of 22N near Veracruz, Mexico may last through Sun morning.
3. Caribbean Sea - A stationary front extends from Windward Passage to northern Honduras. A cold front will move into the NW Caribbean Sun. Broad area of low pressure will persist in the SW Caribbean through Wed. Fresh to strong NE winds will cover large area from the Windward Passage to Costa Rica Sun through Tue.
3a. A remnant stationary front extends from the west Atlantic along the north coast of Hispaniola to the Windward Passage near 19.5N74W continuing just south of the Cayman Islands along 19N80W, then to the coast of Honduras near 16N85W. South of the front is a persistent broad 1006 mb low near 12N82W. Clusters of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are south the front to the coast of Panama and Costa Rica between 76W-83W, including portions of Jamaica. This activity is being enhanced by an upper ridge that has persisted over the Caribbean this week. A second surface trough is moving across the central Caribbean extending along 69W from 13N-18N. Scattered to numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms are within 75 nm of a line from 16N73W to over the Greater Antilles near 18N67W including Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The stationary front will persist from the Windward Passage to Honduras through Saturday night. A new cold front will move into the northwest Caribbean Sunday. The broad area of low pressure will persist through the weekend. The second surface trough will continue west through tonight.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 4:48 am LT                      Sunrise – 5:52 am LT>110° East
high tide  11:33 am LT                  Sunset – 5:13 pm LT < 250° NW
low tide  5:35 pm LT                     Moon Rise – 9:41 pm LT<72° East
high tide 11:23 pm LT                   Moon Set – 9:53 am LT>289º West
                                                                                                                                 

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 21 minutes (-35s)