Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Nov. 22, 2021: We got .02 of an inch of rain last night, though it seems most people didn’t get anything. At 7:30 a.m. we have rain showers to our northwest, so we’ll see if they hold together, they would mostly bring rain to the west side of the island this morning.Today we will haveContinue reading “Nov. 22, 2021”

Nov. 21, 2021: The models definitely missed the clouds and rain we got yesterday. That’s the thing about the forecasting biz, sometimes you get a big miss and that’s what we had yesterday. Rain totals were around an inch islandwide, though less in Sandy Bay (around a quarter inch) and more in First Bight (1.61)Continue reading “Nov. 21, 2021”

Nov. 20, 2021: Good morning Roatan! We have a nice weekend in store for us — mostly sunny skies, winds light and variable and seas at 1 foot (.3 meters). Nice conditions will continue through Monday morning. Monday evening, winds should start picking up a little from the northwest and there will be a goodContinue reading “Nov. 20, 2021”

Nov. 18, 2021: Finally a chance to dry out! We should have partly cloudy skies with east winds a little higher than we’ve been used to, around 12-17 mph and seas 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter). Today through Sunday chances of rain will be very low and mostly at night. Winds should calm aContinue reading “Nov. 18, 2021”

Nov. 17, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Most locations have gotten decent rain over the last 24 hours. On Lucy Point we got an inch yesterday and about a half inch this morning. Utila reports 1.8 inches but other locations have gotten less — .4 of an inch in First Bight and only .2 of anContinue reading “Nov. 17, 2021”

Nov. 16, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! We got quite a bit of rain yesterday and Mas TV had video of street flooding in Franco Flat. Sandy Bay had the most rain, with 4.4 inches since yesterday as of 8 a.m. this morning. West Bay had 1.9 inches, West End 1.92, Coral View 2.52, First BightContinue reading “Nov. 16, 2021”

Forecast for Nov. 15, 2021: High rain chances will stick around through Wednesday morning. The best chance for seeing some sun will be in the afternoon hours, both today and tomorrow. Winds this afternoon will be 10-15 mph from the north/northeast, giving up 2 foot waves on the north side. Winds will be light andContinue reading “Nov. 15, 2021”

Nov. 14, 2021: Good morning, Roatan. We didn’t get as much rain as we thought we were going to. Showers about noon and 7:30 p.m. gave Politilly and Coral View about a quarter of an inch yesterday. Politilly also picked up .18 about 2:45 this morning. We are still looking for scattered showers under partlyContinue reading “Nov. 14, 2021”

Nov. 13, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! As you can see in the radar and feel if you walk outside, there are rain showers around. Most of us got between half an inch and an inch this morning. The showers north of the island are generally moving southwest, so there will be a good chance ofContinue reading “Nov. 13, 2021”

The only action on the satellite this morning is some rain to the northwest of Utila which passed through that island earlier this morning, giving Mark Andrade .80 of an inch of rain there. Other than that we are partly cloudy across the Bay Islands this morning. Today looks like a pretty good day withContinue reading “Nov. 12, 2021”