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

Saturday, December 10, 2016
Skies will be partly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction at 15 mph or less.  Seas will be moderate to calm at 1 ft. to 3ft. 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 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 extending from NW Cuba SW to across the Yucatan Channel...the northern Yucatan Peninsula and to the eastern Bay of Campeche will gradually dissipate through Sun. Gale force winds over the far SW waters will diminish by Sat evening. Strong high pressure across the area will shift eastward and weaken through Wednesday. The associated return flow across the area is expected to be weak as a cold front approaches the far northern Gulf Wed.
3. Caribbean Sea - A stationary front from western Cuba to the Yucatan Channel will gradually become diffuse through Sun morning. A surface trough extending from SW Haiti to NW Colombia will move across the western Caribbean through early next week as high pressure builds in from the NE. Fresh to strong trades over the central Caribbean will spread westward through Mon. Moderate to fresh NE to E trades across the tropical N Atlantic increase to fresh to strong Sun night through Tue. Moderate to fresh trades are expected elsewhere.
3a. A broad upper ridge prevails over the basin with strong dry air subsidence supporting fair weather over the NW Caribbean. Over the central basin, a surface trough supported by a middle level inverted trough extends from 17N73W to 10N75W. This surface trough is under a upper level diffluent environment that supports scattered showers S of Hispaniola between 68W and 76W. In the SW Caribbean, the monsoon trough crossing Panama all the way to N Colombia support scattered heavy showers and tstms S of 12N W of 77W. Fresh to locally strong NE to E winds are occurring from 11N to 16N between 65W and 77W. The trough will continue west across the basin and enter Central America early Sun. Moderate to fresh NE trades prevail across the remainder of the basin, except fresh NE winds in the Yucatan Channel near an approaching stationary front. Fresh to occasional strong trades are expected across the south-central Caribbean mainly north of Colombia through late today with trades increasing slightly through the remainder of the weekend as the strong ridge affecting the Gulf of Mexico shifts eastward into the western Atlantic. The stationary front will meander across the Yucatan Channel, with associated conditions across the Gulf spreading modestly into NW portions.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun 

high tide  6:05 am LT                      Sunrise – 6:04 am LT>114° East
low tide  11:57 am LT                      Sunset – 5:17 pm LT < 246° NW
high tide 5:30 pm LT                       Moon Rise – 2:34 pm LT<81° East
low tide 12:14 pm LT                      Moon Set – 2:22 am LT>277º West

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 12 minutes (-13s)