Good morning Bay Islands. Our last photo of the day for September comes from Fiona Barnett in West Bay. The five most liked photos will compete tomorrow for two free dives or snorkels at Scuba Roatan.
The photo shows a cumulus cloud, probably creating some rain near the coast, being sheared to the northeast by upper level winds. This is the kind of shear that limits the strength of a storm and sometimes the strength of a tropical system.
The satellite in the Western Hemisphere is not working properly, so we will go to the radar, where we see a disturbance off to our north causing rain on the coast of Yucatan and more storms brewing off the Mosquito Coast. This morning around 1:30 the Sandy Bay area had about a quarter of an inch of rain. We will continue to have about a 30 percent chance of a daytime shower and a 50 percent chance of an overnight or early morning shower much of this week, but perhaps a little better chance as we get toward the end of the week as the tropical wave passes to our northeast.
This morning our chance of a tropical system forming near us is down to 40 percent over the next two days. This system continues to look less dangerous than Helene was last week.
In the water vapor forecast you can see the two tropical waves with a little purple in them passing us this week, but toward the end of next week we see our first major North American cold front. On the island we call these “northers”. This one will probably die before it gets here, but they often cause more rain, turn the winds to the northwest and cool us down a few degrees. We will watch to see how strong this will be, but likely it will only mean a slight increase in rain chances the end of next week, but it is a reminder of the rainy season to come.
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Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We will have light and variable winds and seas around 1 foot this week. Enjoy!
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We will have light and variable winds and seas around 1 foot this week. Enjoy!
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