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, April 04, 2017
Skies will be  mostly sunny. Winds will be moderate to strong and easterly in direction at 10 mph to 40 mph. Seas will be  moderate to rough at 1 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 low 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 stationary front currently extends from near Mobile Bay, Alabama to near Tampico, Mexico will move N of the area today as a warm front ahead of a strong late season cold front moving off the Texas coast tonight. The front will sweep SE of the Gulf through late Thu followed by strong winds...reaching near gale force off Veracruz by early Thu. Winds and seas diminish through Fri and Sat as high pressure builds over the region.
3. Caribbean Sea - High pressure SW of Bermuda will shift ESE through Wed and support moderate to fresh winds across most of the Caribbean... except for strong winds developing at night along the coast of Colombia and Venezuela...and across the Gulf of Honduras. Large northerly swell across the tropical Atlantic waters will fade tonight. A strong late season cold front will sink into the NW Caribbean late Thu then stall and dissipate from the Windward Passage to the Gulf of Honduras by early Sat.
3a. 10-25 kt trade winds are over the Caribbean Sea with the weakest winds over the Leeward Islands, and the strongest winds along the coast of Colombia. Isolated moderate convection is the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Yucatan Channel. Scattered showers are over Hispaniola, and the SW Caribbean S of 12N. Mostly fair weather is over the remainder of the Caribbean. In the upper levels, a ridge is over the Caribbean with axis along 75W. Upper level moisture is over the Yucatan Peninsula, and the SW Caribbean, while strong subsidence is over the remainder of the Caribbean. Expect little change over the next 24 hours.

Fig 4 - Recent changes in the Saharan Air Layer

The Tides: Moon and Sun

high tide  4:27 pm LT                    Sunrise – 5:39 am LT>84° East
low tide  10:41 pm LT                   Sunset – 6:00 pm LT < 277° NW
high tide 4:30 am LT                     Moon Rise – 12:30 pm LT<72° East
low tide  11:00 pm LT                   Moon Set – 01:41 pm LT>289º West
                                                                                                                              

Fig 5 - Moon

Day Light Hours:  12 hours, 20 minutes, (+52s)