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

Monday, February 20, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny and clear today. Winds will be easterly in direction at 15 mph to 35 mph. Seas will be  rough at 2 ft. to 4 ft. or higher.  Divers should exercise caution exiting and entering the boats, especially on the afternoon dives. The air temperatures will range from the mid 70sºF to the mid 80s ºF or 22°C to 24ºC. Ocean water temperatures are 79°F to 81°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. 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 broad surface trough will move into the NW Gulf later today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will accompany the trough across the NW and N central Gulf through Tue. The trough will move into the central Gulf through Tue night with a weak low pressure forming along the trough. Near gale conditions are expected late tonight off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.
3. Caribbean Sea - High pressure NE of the area will support near gale conditions off Colombia tonight and fresh to strong winds in the Gulf of Honduras. Gentle to moderate winds will persist elsewhere through mid week.
3a. Broad middle level-to-upper level anticyclonic wind flow spans the entire Caribbean Sea. High level clouds are moving from the Yucatan Peninsula, across the Greater Antilles, and into the Caribbean Sea from 14N northward from 74W eastward. Comparatively drier air in subsidence is apparent in water vapor imagery elsewhere across the area. Rain showers are possible elsewhere across the Caribbean Sea, from 70W eastward, and between 70W and 84W, in areas of broken low level clouds. The 24-hour rainfall amounts, for the period ending at 20/0000 UTC...according to the PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC...are: 0.01 in Guadeloupe.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide 5:57 am LT                    Sunrise – 6:10 am LT>101° East
low tide  11:35 am LT                   Sunset – 5:52 pm LT < 259° NW
high tide  4:55 pm LT                   Moon Rise – 01:17 am LT<109° East
low tide  11:34 pm LT                  Moon Set – 12:56 pm LT>251º West
                                                                                                                        

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 42 minutes, (+49s)