Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Julie Elpus at the tip of West Bay where the north side of the island meets the south side. You can definitely see the winds we had and the white caps. We are still dealing with seas 4-5 feet on the north side, a little calmer on the south side. That’s the great thing about this island. When it’s rough on one side you can go to the other side for diving and snorkeling.
On satellite we can clearly see the monster storm that brought us those strong winds. It is what we in North America call a “Nor’easter” It will be a machine that will continue to bring us relatively strong winds, around 15-20 mph from the north/northwest, today and tomorrow. That will keep our seas up to around 5 feet, especially on the north side. As we get into Wednesday and Thursday, our winds will calm quite a bit, to 5-10 mph, on Wednesday from the northeast, on Thursday from the west. Our seas will be around 3 feet, especially on the north side, mainly because of swell (winds causing waves out at seas that travel down here).
On our close-up satellite we can see some “popcorn” clouds to our northeast. Rain chances today and tomorrow will be fairly low, around 30 percent. Chances go up Wednesday and Thursday to around 50 percent, but rain intensity should be light and rain totals should be low. Especially Wednesday and Thursday we may get periods of half an hour with a light steady rain. But the big story here is we will stay fresh through the week. All those north winds will keep our temperatures mostly in the 70s (24-26C), around 80 (27C) when the sun comes out. That is quite cool for us around here. Tomorrow morning and Wednesday morning we might see a 69 here or there (20.5C)
The holiday weekend looks pretty nice. Best chance of rain will be Saturday, with very low chances for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Seas will be from the northeast 3-4 feet Saturday, calming to 2 feet Sunday and Monday. I know many of you will be purchasing meat for holiday dinners. Don’t forget to head down to Rosita’s in Coxen Hole and French Harbor for the best quality meat at the best price.
Low tides are 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Have a great week!
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