Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day for the last day of February is the first contestant in the March Photo of the Month contest. Matt Harper took this photo from Rocky Point in Saint Helene looking toward Guanaja. He said normally Guanaja is just a gray outline, but during our dry weather last week he could see the hills and shadows very well. Sadly we will continue to get more haze as we return to normal humid conditions here.
Before I begin the forecast, I want to mention that it seems the kelp monster is back on my beach. Anyone else noticing this?
We had another blustery night of trade winds. I wanted to show you a chart of my wind monitor yesterday. This chart is typical of easterly trade winds. The worst of the winds comes between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m.. They calm a bit toward daybreak and are calmest late morning and midday before getting windier again toward late afternoon. This is the pattern we will see through the weekend into next week and also the pattern that will dominate the next two to three months.
We start out with east winds at 20 mph and seas around 4 feet on the southside and 3 feet on the north side. Winds should calm to 15-20 mph from the east by midday before getting up to 20-25 mph this evening. The next few days will not be QUITE as windy as the last couple were. We’ve been getting winds 33-38 mph at night and the next few night should only be 22-28 mph.
The next week looks quite dry. One of the these mornings someone is going to get a light shower out of one of these popcorn clouds, but don’t bet on it.
We want to thank Roatan Pets for sponsoring our Photo of the Month prize for March! A great product support a great cause over at Roatan Operation Animal Rescue.
Low and high tides are quite mild.
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite February photo for Photo of the Month!
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