Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Mark Taylor, who captured this super-sleek waterspout near Pigeon Cay this past Saturday. It is possible something similar could have been seen yesterday evening, as a storm approached Utila from the mainland. It died out over Utila, as the west side of the islandContinue reading “September 3, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is sunset on Utila, with only a few cirrus clouds overhead and one cumulus cloud in the distance. That is good illustration of our weather recently: Mostly fair with a shower here or there. Around 2 a.m. Sandy Bay got about a tenth of an inchContinue reading “September 2, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands and welcome to September. Our photo of the day comes from Matthew Harper who captured this cumulus cloud before a squall on Sunday. Our upper atmosphere is quite a bit drier today, so no squalls and mostly sunny skies. The chance of an overnight shower tonight or tomorrow morning is quiteContinue reading “Roatan Weather for Sept. 1, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Delaney Rose in Utila and shows our waning full moon behind some clouds. We are in a period of gorgeous weather, with calmer winds and seas around 10 mph and seas around 2 feet and very low chances of overnight and early morning showers.Continue reading “August 31, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. We have a few popcorn clouds around at 7:30 a.m. and these have brought a shower here or there, especially mid-island. These will decrease and we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny today. The big story is calmer winds with seas only around 1-2 feet. This will be a greatContinue reading “August 29, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Considering the deep affection islanders have for country music, the death of Dolly is an especially sad day here, so we need a rainbow photo. We have a photo of the day this morning from Katy Pandy, who captured a cruise ship sailing into a rainbow in Flowers Bay. We haveContinue reading “August 26, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite at 6:30 a.m. shows rain well away from us, near Puerto Cortes to our southwest and near the Mosquito Coast to our southeast. Today should be a beautiful day for us, with relatively calm winds and seas starting out 15 mph from the east and 2 feet, and calmingContinue reading “August 25, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. This is the 7 a.m. view from Bananrama. You can see the rain in the distance. Around 6 a.m. West Bay received about a third of an inch of rain while no other reporting stations on the islands reported any rain this morning. At 7 a.m. we can see the bigContinue reading “August 19, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our rain system started moving through last night around 9 p.m., when many of us got a strong shower good for between a third and half an inch. This morning as of 7 a.m. most of the rain has fallen on Guanaja with .17 since midnight. The clouds will stick aroundContinue reading “August 17, 2026”