Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

April 1, 2022: Welcome to April. Things are already getting hot. The airport got up 88 (31C) degrees yesterday and Utila has gotten to 90 (32C) degrees today. Winds have been up, especially on the south side. My new weather station will be on the island Wednesday, so I will be able to get accurateContinue reading “April 1, 2022”

March 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Abundant sunshine continues. Winds will be from the east/southeast 10-15 through the middle of the day with 3 foot (1 meter) waves and gusty at night 20-25 mph and 5 foot waves (1.6 meters). As we go through the weekend, winds will calm a bit, especially on Sunday whenContinue reading “March 31, 2022”

March 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Goodbye rain, hello wind! Daytime winds at 20 mph and nighttime winds to 30 mph with seas at 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and up to 5 feet (1.6 meters) at night. Skies will be partly cloudy today, but should be sunny the rest of the weekContinue reading “March 30, 2022”

March 29, 2022: Good morning Roatan. The east side is getting a decent shower at 7 a.m. Punta Blanca already has over half an inch for today. Most locations got between half an inch and an inch in the period after 7 a.m. yesterday. The 7 a.m. radar shows what is likely the last waveContinue reading “March 29, 2022”

March 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The area between Sandy Bay and Coral View got 2-3 inches of rain yesterday, while over here on the east side, totals have been right around 1 inch. Rain should start diminishing today and winds should start picking up from the east tonight. The chance of rain will continueContinue reading “March 28, 2022”

March 27, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Our rain totals the last 24 hours have ranged from a relatively light .18 in Punta Blanca on the east side of the island to almost an inch near Sandy Bay to about 2 inches in West Bay. The next 24 hours look to be even more rainy, withContinue reading “March 27, 2022”

March 26, 2022: Good morning Roatan! These are our rain measurements for the last 24 hours as of 6 a.m. .75 of an inch, Punta Blanca 1.85 Politilly 1.73 Coral View 1.39 Sandy Bay 1.63 Sandy Bay-SOL 1.4 West Bay 1.33 Utila The computer rain totals have gone up. In the maps you see theContinue reading “March 26, 2022”

March 25, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We’ve already recorded some rain, the most being about a quarter of an inch in Coral View. We are also seeing brisker north winds than we were expecting. They are getting up to 20 mph in some places. Here are two computer models of forecast rain between now andContinue reading “March 25, 2022”

March 23, 2022: Wow! It’s been very windy overnight. The airport, which as far as I can tell is the only southside weather station right now, reported 35 mph winds when they turned off the station for the night last night at 11 p.m. We have one more day and night of windy weather, followedContinue reading “March 23, 2022”

March 22, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! It’s a windy morning and the next two days will be the same. Today and tomorrow winds will be 15-20 mph during the day with 3-4 foot (1 to 1.3 meter) seas and at night gusting to around 30 mph with 4 to 6 foot seas (1.3 to 2Continue reading “March 22, 2022”