Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Phil Sikora and it shows a rainy sky at Carib Bight, just below Juticalpa. I chose it today because it is how our norther has been: A lot of clouds, a little blue sky here and there and some rain.
Looks like so far the far west side of Roatan has been the driest with only about an inch of rain, about 2 inches Sandy Bay 2-3 inches Utila and 3-4 inches on the east end.
We’ve been very fortunate because a lot of rain overnight fell to our north. I would imagine if we could measure rain in the open sea we’d see some totals around 8 inches.
On satellite we can see the dense rain clouds to our north. We’re seeing a few breaks in the clouds this morning over the islands.
Our wind forecast for today and tomorrow will be very tricky because it looks like a small low pressure system is forming just to our north. The arrows here show the predicted wind direction at 5 p.m. today in the Euro model. It shows Utila getting a strong westerly breeze but Guanaja getting a mild southeast breeze. Most of the models and trying to give us westerly winds, perhaps gusty at times, later today into tonight and tomorrow. That would mean wavy conditions at West End which is usually calm. The wind models are all over the place on wave height and direction so I would urge boaters to be very careful and notice your local conditions, because they will be different from east to west across our islands and can change quickly the next couple of days. Starting Thursday most models agree we will have westerly winds into the weekend. We are looking for another norther on Sunday that may bring strong northwest winds.
As far as rain goes, we will have periods of rain today and probably another 1-2 inches for most folks. Starting tomorrow the rain will be more scattered. There’s a good chance of seeing a shower each day through Saturday, but also periods of sun and clouds. The norther on Sunday looks like it should be more wind than rain. We’ll keep an eye on it.
Low tide is 2:30 p.m. Lowest tide is 2:20 a.m. Have a great Tuesday!
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