Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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


Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Skies will be mostly sunny today.  Winds will be moderate to strong and easterly in direction at 10 mph to 30 mph. Seas will be  moderate to rough at 2 ft. to 4 ft. 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.






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 will move into the NW Gulf this evening. The front will stall along 27N on Wed night with the remnants drifting N on Fri. A second cold front will enter the far NW waters late Sat night. A trough will develop each afternoon over the Yucatan Peninsula and move W across the SW Gulf late each night into early morning accompanied by a fresh to strong NE to E wind shift through Fri evening.
3. Caribbean Sea - Strong high pres N of the area will maintain fresh to strong trade winds across the region into late week. Gales will pulse off the coast of Colombia during the overnight hours through Fri morning.
3a. Near-gale to gale-force winds will continue pulsing over the south-central Caribbean through Thursday. A broad high pressure prevails across the western Atlantic and extends south reaching the Caribbean. Satellite and Doppler Radar imagery depict isolated showers prevailing near Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. Fair weather prevails across the remainder of the area. Scatterometer data depicts fresh to strong northeasterly winds prevailing across the basin. Expect little change during the next 24 hours.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer
The Tides: Moon and Sun 
high tide  06:21 am LT                 Sunrise – 5:59 am LT>95° East
low tide  12:26 pm LT                  Sunset – 5:56 pm LT < 266° NW
high tide 6:18 pm LT                    Moon Rise – 2:36 pm LT<72° East
low tide  12:43 am LT                  Moon Set – 2:49 am LT>289º West
                                                                                                                     
Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  11 hours, 56 minutes, (+52s)

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