Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Nov. 6, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! This morning North America moved an hour backwards, so we are now in the same time zone as Houston and New Orleans and one hour behind Miami, New York and Toronto. Last night was got a shower right at nightfall on Jonesville Point that gave us about a tenthContinue reading “Nov. 6, 2022”

Good morning, Roatan! Just for fun, I thought I would show you the remnants of Lisa in the Gulf of Mexico. They are forecast to disappear in the next day or so and have no impact on our weather. Our beautiful weather continues, with moderate winds at 10 mph during the day and 15 mphContinue reading “Nov. 5, 2022”

We had quite a range of rainfall totals on the island in October. On Jonesville Point we only got a little over 6 inches, but West End got over 19 inches! We generally use Sandy Bay as our official island rain gauge and they had 12. 08 inches. That is a little less than ourContinue reading “Rainfall for October 2022”

Nov. 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Most of us saw a light shower around nightfall last night, though for most of us it was a tenth of an inch or less, however Coral View picked up a quarter of an inch. Today, Saturday and Sunday look mostly sunny with only a very small chance ofContinue reading “Nov. 4, 2022”

Nov. 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! In the end, no one saw more than an inch of rain on the island, and the west end generally saw less than half an inch. The east end generally got between half an inch and an inch between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. North of Belize City, almostContinue reading “Nov. 3, 2022”

I think we can pretty confidently say this morning there will be no hurricane for Roatan! Notice how the storm is clearly to our north this morning and the island itself is in a dry area on the much weaker side of the storm. Seas will definitely be rough, especially on the north side. WeContinue reading “Nov. 2, 2022”

The National Hurricane Center says the storm currently has winds of 70 mph but… The good news is the center is definitely going north of us. Winds should kick up later in the morning but I’ll be surprised if anyone on the island sees hurricane force winds. The storm itself doesn’t look well organized rightContinue reading “Early morning tropical update”

I am writing this at 4:55 a.m. and will try to update as often as possible. We start the morning with the current satellite image of Tropical Storm Lisa. The U.S. Air Force is on the way to take direct readings, but right now we have estimates based on this image. The National Hurricane CenterContinue reading “Nov. 1, 2022”

The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Bay Islands. Separately the government of Honduras as issued a Hurricane Watch for the islands. We now have a 70-80 percent chance of seeing tropical storm force winds (39-73 mph). Hurricane force winds are not out of the question. The first winds shouldContinue reading “Tropical Storm Lisa update for Oct. 31, 2022”

Oct. 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Today should be a nice day with clear skies and calm winds and seas. Tomorrow morning should be sunny, but winds will start turning to the west and increase to around 15 mph in the afternoon with increasing clouds and the approach of what should be Tropical Storm Lisa.Continue reading “Oct. 31, 2022”