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Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite this morning looks very similar to yesterday, with mostly high cirrus clouds and a few popcorn clouds to our south at 7:30 p.m. Our forecast is dry through the weekend with typical easterly trade winds 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. We had a question about El Nino’s effectContinue reading “July 2, 2026”

For consistency’s sake, we will stick with Sandy Bay for our island rainfall for June, where they picked up 2.69 inches with rains the last week of the month breaking the drought and is similar to Guanaja’s total. The west side of Roatan generally got just under 2 inches, but West Bay (.33 of anContinue reading “Rainfall for June 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Patric Lengacher, who captured this storm over Coxen Hole on June 20. The storm we got yesterday morning brought over an inch of rain to Sandy Bay and around a half an inch to most west side locations, but sadly only about a quarterContinue reading “July 1, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. I don’t have to tell you we are seeing some beautiful rain over most of the island. Daniel Ebanks sent me this lightning bolt from 5 a.m. this morning at Mangrove Bight, Guanaja. We will see heavy rain lessen through the morning, and rain chances decrease as we move into theContinue reading “June 30, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a drone shot from Rickard Cleanmountain, showing snorkelers on West Bay reef.Many of us on the big island got up to around a tenth of an inch of rain around 4 a.m. One location on Utila got .01 around midnight, but most locations were dry.Continue reading “June 29, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. We have a few showers out there, around mid-island at 7:45 a.m. and moving east to west. Between yesterday evening and this morning, though yet again West Bay has mostly missed out and Utila seems to. have completely missed out. Perhaps these showers will pass by you this morning. After thatContinue reading “June 23, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Peggy Kern at Ipanema in West End. After a quick splash of rain yesterday morning, we are back to hot, dry and windy conditions. At 8:30 a.m. we have a few clouds over toward Utila with no rain and mostly sunny elsewhere. Our nextContinue reading “June 22, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is raindrops in Megan Mitchell’s pool in Sandy Bay. Most of us across Roatan have received around a tenth of an inch of rain as of 7 a.m., but the big winner is Guanaja, where Lisa Garcia has received 1.36 inches, her first measurable rain inContinue reading “June 21, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Erin Edney in Guanaja and shows a diver swimming with a nurse shark. I love horrifying North Americans by telling them how much I love swimming with the sharks. Most people don’t realize how calm most sharks are. They are truly great creations.Our weatherContinue reading “June 19, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Bob Jacobs in Palmetto Bay.It’s been plenty hot. The high at the airport yesterday 91 (33C) with a heat index of 110 (43C). Over the next few days there isn’t any relief in sight, with mostly sunny skies and very little to no chanceContinue reading “June 15, 2026”