Again 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

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 25 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate to rough at 2 ft. to 4ft. or higher. Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. 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 78°F to 80°F or 25ºC to 26ºC.

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. There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at this time. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th.
2. Gulf of Mexico - A stationary front from central Florida to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico will gradually dissipate through Wed. Gale conditions will prevail S of 22N W of the front through today. A cold front moving into the NW Gulf Wed night will reach from northern Florida to Tuxpan, Mexico Thu night then stall and dissipate from central Florida to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico Fri night.
3. Caribbean Sea - High pressure N of the area will maintain fresh to strong winds over the forecast waters through today...with gale force winds near the coast of Colombia through early today. Winds and seas will diminish tonight through Fri as the high shifts eastward. Winds and seas will start to increase next weekend as high pressure builds back N of the area.
3a. An upper level ridge dominates the western Caribbean while an upper trough is over the remainder basin. The upper trough along with patches of shallow moisture moving across the E basin support scattered to isolated showers over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Water vapor imagery show strong dry air subsidence across most of the basin, which is supporting overall stable conditions and fair weather elsewhere. A tight pressure gradient between high pressure across the Atlantic Ocean and climatological lower pressure in Colombia supports fresh to near gale-force winds from 10N to 18N between 70W and 83W with seas to 10 ft. Fresh to strong E-NE winds are across the remainder basin, including the Windward and Mona Passages. No significant changes expected through Wednesday.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun
high tide 3:23 am LT                        Sunrise – 6:09 am LT>114° East
low tide 9:09 am LT                         Sunset – 5:21 pm LT < 246° NW
high tide  2:50 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 11:55 pm LT<89° East
low tide  10:03 pm LT                      Moon Set – 11:37 am LT>274º West
                                                                                                                             

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 11 minutes (-1s)