Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from friend of Roatan Weather Duane McNab taken overlooking Pristine Bay. We continue to deal with rain, but obviously nothing compared to what’s going on in Jamaica, which is officially one of the strongest storms in recorded history.
Here is our 9 a.m. satellite, just as Hurricane Melissa is making landfall. At 892 millibars of pressure it is among the strongest storms ever recorded. For comparison, Hurricane Mitch got down to 905 millibars. Sustained winds are 185 mph. Buoys recorded 22 foot waves near Alligator Reef. There will be a swath of western Jamaica that will be absolutely devastated by this storm.
As for us on the islands, you will notice a storm over Utila that is trying to move from west to east. The broad flow around Melissa has our winds coming out of the west around 20 mph and seas at 3-4 feet, especially north side. Winds will continue out of the west/northwest at 15-20 mph today and seas 3-4 feet from the northeast. All in all we are quite fortunate as this will be the strongest effect from Melissa for us. Winds will be around 15 mph from the north tomorrow with 3 foot seas. Thursday a norther comes in bringing 20 mph north winds and 5 foot seas. We will be quite rainy this week, but rain should become less on Friday and we have a possibility of a very nice weekend, with fresh temperatures and some sun. Rain and north winds look like they will return next Monday and Tuesday.
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Tides continue to be quite mild. Have a great Tuesday!
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