Good morning Bay Islands. There’s good news and bad news today. The good news is that so far we have escaped the worst of the rain. While La Ceiba has recorded 4.54 inches of midnight to 8 a.m., we have gotten less than half an inch at West Bay and only a few hundredths of an inch most of the rest of the island. The bad news is that this will be the worst day at sea, with buoys reporting 7-8 foot waves and 20-25 mph out of the north. We will have a chance of rain the remainder of the day and if you get under the wrong cloud it could add up quickly, so be watchful.
As far as rain goes, we have 24 more hours where we still have the possibility of heavy rains. The chances go down after midday tomorrow. Right now it looks like only maybe 1-2 inches more are likely, but if you get under the wrong storm, those numbers can go up and the hills are already very wet, so be careful.
Wind and wave forecast: Today will be the worst day on the seas with 7 foot waves only going down to 6 feet by this afternoon and winds around 20-25 mph from the north/northeast. We may see a brief period of calmer winds tomorrow morning with seas 4-5 feet, but around midday we will have a period of strong west winds around 20 mph and seas around 5 feet. Midday waves on West Bay Beach will be pretty strong. Thursday morning west winds 10-15 mph will turn to the east by evening and seas will calm from 4 feet in the morning to 3 feet by afternoon. A light east winds will give us 2 foot seas Friday.
In the extended forecast we are watching for another norther coming down and arriving perhaps by next Tuesday and lasting into the middle of next week. This is coming from a particularly strong winter storm in the U.S. South. We’ll keep an eye on it.
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Low tides are 3 p.m. and 4 a.m. Have a great Tuesday!
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