Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

The National Hurricane Center has marked out an area where tropical development is possible off the north coast of Venezuela, shown by the green arrow. There is a lot of disagreement among the computers as to what will happen with this system, or if anything at all will happen. The US GFS shows rapid development,Continue reading “Oct. 25, 2022 Tropical update”

Oct. 24, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday, mostly in the morning, we got .15 of an inch at Jonesville Point, and Coral View got a similar amount. Sandy Bay picked up .75 of an inch, West End 1.6 inches and West Bay nearly an inch. This morning we awake to clear skies and calm windsContinue reading “Oct. 24, 2022”

Good morning, Roatan! Overnight West Bay and West End each picked up half an inch of rain, Sandy Bay got a little rain, and places to the east of that stayed mostly dry, though here on Jonesville Point we got .02 of an inch. Based on the satellite images, I would guess Guanaja got someContinue reading “Oct. 23, 2022”

Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday afternoon we got a rainy, cool, island autumn day! We were in the mid-70s and we got rainfall totals between half an inch and an inch and a half, adding to what we had already gotten. This morning the clouds and rain are to our east and mostly moving away fromContinue reading “Oct. 22, 2022”

Oct. 21, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Today and tonight are forecast to be the rainiest and windiest 24 hours of our norther. As you can see in the satellite, there is good rain north of us and it is moving toward the southeast. Seas are already 2-3 feet on the north side and should pickContinue reading “Oct. 21, 2022”

Good morning. As you can see from radar, there is rain around, especially north and west of Roatan. As of 7 a.m. Utila has picked up .75 of an inch. Yesterday a little after noon West End picked up an inch of rain and Sandy Bay 2-2.5 inches in a downpour. Today we will beContinue reading “Oct. 20, 2022”

Oct. 19, 2022: Good morning Roatan. Our Norther is getting closer. In advance of the front you can see an area of clouds and showers just to the west of Utila this morning. That should move east during the day. We will have increasing clouds and an increasing chance of a shower during the dayContinue reading “Oct. 19, 2022”

Good morning. Our norther is now in the Gulf of Mexico and will bring us cooler weather and rain, probably on Thursday night into Friday. Right now it doesn’t look like it should bring us a lot of wind. Today winds will get calmer as the day goes on and seas will calm to 1-2Continue reading “Oct. 18, 2022”

Oct. 17, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. There is some disagreement as to how windy and rainy it will get Thursday and especially Friday, so I decided to do a video to talk about the differences. Winds should calm today to 5-10 mph and seas to 2 feet. Tonight winds will be from the east atContinue reading “Oct. 17, 2022”

Good morning! Rain totals between a quarter and three quarters of an inch were common around the island last night, though West Bay missed out with only .02 of an inch. There are a few showers out to sea and there is a small chance we’ll see another one this morning, but it should beContinue reading “Oct. 16, 2022”