Good morning Bay Islands. Dmitry Nezhny sends us this beautiful cumulonimbus cloud over Lawson Rock. It would be even more beautiful if it would bring actual rain to the islands. It seems we continue to be condemned to watch jealously while it rains out to sea. At least the rain, along with heavier waves, are cooling the waters ever so slightly. The temperature gauge near Big Bight shows the water temp down to 84 (29) after getting up to 86 (30) which is the beginning of coral bleaching temperature.
Our satellite shows a nice thunderstorm over Belize City and some rain over toward Swan Island to our northeast, but none of it is moving very fast. We continue to have partly to mostly cloudy skies but no rain. Today we will have a small chance of a shower, but, as always, I wouldn’t bet on it. Some locations on the Pacific coast of Honduras got close to 10 inches of rain yesterday and more is on the way for them with a tropical disturbance in the Pacific. Looks like it is either feast or famine for Central America.
The Central American low that is bringing these nearby showers will move north/northwest into the Gulf of Mexico, with a 60 percent chance of turning into a tropical depression next week. As it moves away from us, our rain chances should get even less early this week.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with 20 mph east/southeast winds on the east side of Roatan and 10 mph winds on the west side, even calmer for Utila. Most of us have 3 foot waves on the south side. As the day goes on, winds on the west side of the island will pick up a bit to 15-20 mph. Tomorrow winds come from the south 10-15 mph and seas remain 3 feet south side. Tuesday looks a little calmer.
A quick reminder that today is the day for Roa Fest sponsored by Galaxy Wave over at Sol y Mar in Sandy Bay, starting at 11 a.m. it will be a day full of great music, great food and great family fun and all of it supports the efforts get the public hospital going.
Low tide is 11 a.m. Have a great Sunday!
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