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, February 07, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be easterly in direction and  moderate at 10 mph to 25 mph. Seas will be  moderate at 2 ft. to 4 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.

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 ridge from NW Atlantic SW into the basin will prevail through Wed evening before retreating eastward. A strong cold front will move into the NW waters on Wed night and race SE...Reaching extreme S Florida to near Brownsville, Texas by Thu evening then become diffuse from Yucatan Channel to NE Texas by Fri evening as southerly return flow develops W waters and spreads E across the entire gulf waters Sat.
3. Caribbean Sea - Strong to near gale force trades will continue over the S central Caribbean this week except increasing to minimal gale force tonight along the NW coast of Colombia. A cold front will move SE into NW Caribbean early Fri and then stall E to W along about 21N late Sat.
3a. Gale-force winds are currently occurring over the south-central Caribbean. The remainder of the basin is expected to remain relatively tranquil into Tuesday as dry air and subsidence prevails aloft, as noted on water vapor imagery. Scatterometer data depicts moderate to fresh trades across the remainder of the basin. Little change is expected through the next 24 hours.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun 

low tide  12:04 pm LT                      Sunrise – 6:15 am LT>106° East
high tide  6:39 am LT                       Sunset – 5:48 pm LT < 255° NW
low tide  12:34 pm LT                      Moon Rise – 2:48 pm LT<70° East
high tide 6:15 pm LT                        Moon Set – 3:03 am LT>289º West                      

                                                                                                                        

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 32 minutes, (+44s)