Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Naomi Jackson and was taken in Utila. I’m glad to include Utila in my pictures of the day, an island that has a special place in the heart of divers around the world.
Speaking of Utila they got a nice shower between 4-5 a.m. this morning as did the west side of the big island.
On our radar you can see the rain is moving from west the east, the opposite of how rain usually moves around here. Throughout the day we will have a chance of showers, but these showers will come and go and we will also have periods of sun.
The big story is going to be the winds with this norther. You can see a big storm gearing up in the northern Gulf of Mexico and it will drag a cold front behind it. Winds will increase throughout today and turn to the northwest at 15-20 mph and seas around 4 feet. Tonight into tomorrow morning we will see northwest winds gusting to 30 mph and perhaps even higher with seas 6-7 feet. Tomorrow afternoon winds should calm back down to 17-22 mph and seas down to 4-5 feet. There may be some storms right along the front as it passes tonight into tomorrow morning, but tomorrow shouldn’t be an all-day rain.
The big story of next week will be the fresh temperatures. Low temperatures in San Pedro Sula on the mainland are forecast to be around 60 degress (15C). The sea always keeps our temps a little warmer than the mainland, but I would not be surprised to see a 70 or 69 (21F) on Tuesday or Wednesday morning. What showers we have next week should be light. Toward the end of the week seas will calm and things should get dryer, so the holiday weekend looks like picture perfect island weather.
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Low tides will be around 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Have a great weekend.
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