Good morning Bay Islands. you would be forgiven for thinking that the storm you are looking at is three storms. This is the degradation of Hurricane Beryl due to shear that we’ve been talking about all week. The actual center of the storm is the part southwest of George Town, Grand Cayman and according to the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center it is still packing winds of 120 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane. It is pushing some moisture in front of it, though it doesn’t have classic hurricane bands. This will give us a chance of showers throughout today into tonight. Roatan Weather supporter Megan Mitchell sent me a text yesterday about how the calm before the storm is a real thing. We have that this morning. Outside my window on the south side things look flat calm. Winds should get up to 10-15 mph from the west later today and north side seas getting up to 6 feet tomorrow morning.
Many of us got a third of an inch from a storm that passed through around 1 a.m. I hope we get some more rain out of Beryl, but most of the models doubt we will get more than an inch more rain, if that much.
This morning’s path for Hurricane Beryl is what we’ve been expected the past several day. It should weaken to probably a Category 1 before striking south of Cancun in Yucatan. Our best chances of rain will come late evening and overnight.
Friday winds and seas will calm throughout the day and winds will turn back to the east. Saturday and Sunday look quite calm.
Our storm behind Beryl is still unlikely to form into anything, but could give us a better chance of showers, especially Sunday afternoon into Monday morning.
Many cruise ships were rerouted this week, but next week looks like business as usual, with nothing in the tropics to worry about. If you are planning your cruise excursions next week, check out those offered by Jolly Roger Roatan.
Low tide is 2 p.m. Have a great Thursday.
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