Saturday, February 25, 2017

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


Saturday, February 25, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny today. Winds will be light and variable in direction at 5 mph to 15 mph. Seas will be  moderate to calm at 1 ft. to 3 ft. 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.






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 cold front extending from central Louisiana to near Brownsville, Texas will move across the northern Gulf waters through tonight. The boundary should lift northward as a warm front Sun ahead of a low pressure system tracking across Texas and Louisiana Mon and Tue. The next cold front will enter the Gulf region on Wed followed by strong winds. Gale conditions are possible over the SW Gulf on Thu.
3. Caribbean Sea - Trade winds will begin to increase across the basin tonight as high pressure builds N of area. Strong nocturnal flow will develop near the coast of Colombia tonight...with gale force winds possible during the overnight and early morning hours Mon through Wed. 3a. A broad area of high pressure extends across the central and eastern Atlantic reaching the Caribbean waters. Winds are generally light and variable across most of the basin with wave heights around 2 to 3 FT. Moderate easterly winds are depicted in scatterometer data south of 13N between 72W-78W. As high pressure builds to the north of the area by late in the weekend, moderate to fresh trade winds are expected to resume. Strongest winds are expected once again within 90 NM of the coast of Colombia by late Sunday.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide  1:38 am LT                      Sunrise – 6:06 am LT>99° East
high tide 8:07 am LT                      Sunset – 5:53 pm LT < 261° NW
low tide  2:11  pm LT                      Moon Rise – 05:19 am LT<104° East
high tide  7:56 pm LT                     Moon Set – 5:14 pm LT>258º West
                                                                                                                        
Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 46 minutes, (+51s)

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