Partly Cloudy with Intermittent Rain

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 06, 2017
Skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly in direction and  moderate at 5 mph to 20 mph. Seas will be  moderate to calm at 1 ft. to 4 ft. There is a  very slight chance of intermittent rain showers and isolated thunderstorms today through Wednesday. 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 extending from the Florida Big Bend region to E central Mexico will persist through Tue then begin to shift S and weaken Tue night and Wed. A strong cold front will move into the NW waters on Wed evening and race SE of the area by Fri morning. Southerly return flow will then set up across the entire Gulf of Mexico Fri. A trough will develop over the Yucatan Peninsula each evening and move W across the SW Gulf during the overnight hours and dissipate each morning.
3. Caribbean Sea - strong to near gale force trades will continue over the S central Caribbean through Thu night...pulsing to gale force tonight along the NW coast of Colombia. Locally strong NE flow will also develop in and downstream of the Windward Passage and along the S coast of Hispaniola tonight. Fresh to locally strong trades and mixing N and E swell will maintain high seas across the tropical waters E of the Lesser Antilles through Thu night. A cold front will move SE into NW Caribbean Fri and reach from central Cuba to Gulf of Honduras late Fri.
3a. Aside from the near gale to gale force winds occurring across a portion of the SW Caribbean...the remainder of the basin is expected to remain relatively tranquil Monday into Tuesday as mostly dry air and subsidence prevails aloft as noted on water vapor imagery. Only a few isolated showers are possible across the eastern waters and portions of the SW Caribbean waters S of 13N between 78W-81W. Otherwise...moderate to fresh trades prevail with little change expected through Tuesday.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide  5:55 am LT                     Sunrise – 6:16 am LT>106° East
low tide  11:47 am LT                    Sunset – 5:47 pm LT < 254° NW
high tide 5:21 pm LT                      Moon Rise – 1:50 pm LT<71° East
low tide  12:04 pm LT                    Moon Set – 2:03 am LT>288º West
                                                                                                                        

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 31 minutes, (+44s)