Good morning Bay Islands. Joshua McLaughlin captured these nice cirrus clouds on a calm day in the Utila Keys. We won’t be quite this calm today, but our rain chances are not too bad for the next few days. But we have our largest norther of the season coming next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Guanaja has picked up about a half inch of rain from these clouds on satellite at 8 a.m. They are slowly trying to move toward Roatan, but I’m not sure how far they will make. Still this morning we will have a decent chance of showers, but most of the day should be dry. Our forecast is not too bad through the weekend, with daily chances of mostly morning or overnight showers.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Today we have 15 mph west winds and seas 3 feet. Tomorrow through Saturday our winds will get much calmer, around 5 mph, but seas will still be around 2 feet due to swell (waves from further away).
The big news is this cold front (norther) that will hit us Tuesday into Wednesday of next week. The computer models say this is quite a stong norther. You can see in the forecast how the wave of cold air hits Honduras like a wave hitting the beach. This is a classic setup that will bring us rainfall as bad as or worse than what we experienced this past weekend. Seas should also be high, with 7-10 foot seas.
This air is so cold it will cause the iguanas to fall out of trees in Florida. We don’t need to worry about falling iguana, but we should have some 60s Wednesday morning (19C)
When things get cold, it makes me want some warm steak or chorizo from Carniceria Rosita in Coxen Hole and French Harbour.
Lowest tide is 3 a.m. under a full moon. Have a great Wednesday!
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