Good morning Bay Islands. I usually try not to use two photos from the same person in the same month, but I have to make an exception today, because Jeffrey Hill perfectly pictured what our last 24 hours have been like with rain — so close, yet so far away. This is taken from the top of Jonesville Point looking east toward Barbarat and shows a cumulus cloud, likely with a shower at its base.
The green arrow shows the cloud that Jeffrey captured, probably bringing a shower at 6:45 a.m. in the strait between Guanaja and Barbarat. The red arrow shows an even stronger storm to our north. These are sliding slowly to the south/southwest so there is a possibility some of us could see a morning shower. I hate to say it, but after this morning I believe our chances to get rain will start going down. We’ve had something like 40 percent chances of rain the last few days and going forward, especially Sunday into early next week, the chance will be more like 20 percent.
As proof that we had good showers around, notice how quickly the temperature fell at the airport around 2 p.m. (from 91 to 75 degrees) Clearly it either rained there or someplace very nearby. Unfortunately we don’t have a rain gauge anywhere near Coxen Hole to know for certain.
At around 4 p.m. we had two storms lined up to our east, moving west, and somehow they just died before they got here. That’s what our life has been like during this drought.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast. You have another day and a half to enjoy fairly calm seas on all sides of the islands. Winds this morning are around 5 mph from the northwest and seas 1-2 feet. Winds will swing around to the east this afternoon, but remain pretty calm. Those calm winds last through tomorrow morning, but starting tomorrow evening we get our strong east winds back for the weekend. Next week looks to be around 15-20 mph east winds.
Just another reminder that the day after tomorrow will be Roa Fest, sponsored by Galaxy Wave, a day long extravaganza of music, food and activities at Sol y Mar in Sandy Bay that will benefit the public hospital. Admittance is only 50 lempiras so go have fun!
Lowest tide will be at 10 a.m. Have a great Friday!
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