Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Feb. 2, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! In the U.S. they call this Groundhog Day. The official groundhog, Punxsutawny Phil, saw his shadow so, as lore goes, the US gets six more weeks of winter. The idea is that if it is cloudy, the spring rains have come early, but of course whether it is cloudyContinue reading “Feb. 2, 2022”

Rain totals for January 2022: We had 8 inches for the record book and that number was pretty even across the island. That was below our average of 11.19 inches. January is generally the last month of the wet season. We transition into the dry season in February with an average of 5.23 inches. I’veContinue reading “Rain totals for January 2022”

Feb. 1, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We had another cool morning, though for most of us not as cool as yesterday. Today the sun will be out and we will warm up.Today will be breezy, with east winds 17-22 mph. Tomorrow should be a little calmer, with east winds 7-12 mph, though winds will pickContinue reading “Feb. 1, 2022”

Jan. 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! I’m sitting here at 7:30 a.m. doing the weather in my sweater. Most of us got down to 67 (19.4 C), just one degree away from Roatan’s all-time low of 66 (18.8 C). Most of us have gotten between .1 and .2 of an inch since midnight, but WestContinue reading “Jan. 31, 2022”

Jan. 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! I have a question. What starts in Greenland and brings us rain and winds 3,700 miles (6,000 km) here in Roatan! It is the massive storm that brought a blizzard to New England. As you can see in the satellite, the cold front coming down from it gave usContinue reading “Jan. 30, 2022”

Jan. 29, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! At 8 a.m. the sea on the southside is almost dead calm. But as you can tell in the wind map shown here, the wind is coming. It is about 130 miles north of us as of 8 a.m. and should begin to arrive around noon. After 12 weContinue reading “Jan. 29, 2022”

Jan. 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Most of us got a nice rain in the early morning hours. It ranged from about a quarter inch in Utila and on the west side to about .05 of an inch here on the east side.Today we should have mostly sunny skies with light east winds and seasContinue reading “Jan. 28, 2022”

Jan. 27, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! No rain the last 24 hours and we awake to mostly sunny skies. There will be a small chance of a scattered shower this afternoon. Otherwise it will be partly cloudy with east winds around 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters). Tomorrow looks nice withContinue reading “Jan. 27, 2022”

Jan. 26, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! No rain in the last 24 hours islandwide. Today we’ll have sunny skies and southeast winds 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters). Tomorrow we’ll have a small chance of a shower with partly cloudy skies and east winds at 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3Continue reading “Jan. 26, 2022”

Jan. 24, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Some of us got quite a rain yesterday. The west side of the island mostly got over an inch between yesterday morning and midday. We only picked up .13 of an inch here on Jonesville Point. A few locations picked up about a tenth of an inch in theContinue reading “Jan. 24, 2022”