Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Oct. 24, 2021: No rain the last 24 hours. At 8 a.m. we have some clouds and perhaps some showers east of Guanaja, but they seem to be falling apart.The week ahead looks dry and windy. It’s TRW (Typical Roatan Weather) but with even lower rain chances. We’ll have winds from the east/southeast 12-17 duringContinue reading “Oct. 24, 2021”

Oct. 23, 2021: The big news this morning is that we have a chance at our first “norther” of the season next weekend. The video shown here is the water vapor prediction in the European model. It shows the drier air, shown in green and blue, pushing the wetter air (yellow and red) out ofContinue reading “Oct. 23, 2021”

Oct. 23, 2021: Last night we had a classic storm scenario for the Bay Islands. It is the reason why typically the farther west you go, the rainier it gets. A storm with very high cloud tops and impressive lightning near the center formed near the mountainous north coast of the mainland and reached outContinue reading “Last night’s lightning”

Oct. 22, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! It seems like most folks mid-island got rain last evening, but those on the edges (West Bay to the west and Camp Bay to the east) missed out. We got a quarter inch on Lucy Point, which was about average for those who got rain. The satellite image isContinue reading “Oct. 22, 2021”

Oct. 21, 2021: There were scattered showers around last night. Sandy Bay reported .07 of an inch, Mud Hole got .04, Coral View .23, Politilly .15, Lucy Point .06, and even Camp Bay got in with .20, their first measurable rain in awhile. Today we’ll have a pretty decent chance of seeing rain, especially inContinue reading “Oct. 21, 2021”

Oct. 20, 2021: How much rain you got yesterday depends a lot on where you live, the further west the better. Larry Rapp got 1.4 inches in West Bay, most of it from a squall that passed through around 6 p.m. Sandy Bay got 1.29. On Lucy Point we only got about half an inch,Continue reading “Oct. 20, 2021”

Oct. 19, 2021: By 8 a.m., most of us have seen rain this morning. The most I saw was .88 of an inch in Politilly. Larry Rapp reports a slow, soaking rain of .8 of an inch. Jimmy Andrade in Camp Bay says he only got enough rain to get the dock wet.The next 24Continue reading “Oct. 19, 2021”

Oct. 18, 2021: It seems everyone got some rain over the last 24 hours. Mark Krueger reports half an inch in Utila. Larry Rapp checks in with half an inch in West Bay. Even Camp Bay finally got in on the action. Jimmy Andrade says they finally picked up a tenth of an inch. WeContinue reading “Oct. 18, 2021”

Oct. 17, 2021: We begin our morning with some photos of the squall that hit Jimmy Andrade in Camp Bay. Around 8:30 this morning we picked up .06 of an inch on Lucy Point after getting .28 yesterday. Most locations islandwide got between a tenth and half an inch yesterday. Feel free to let usContinue reading “Oct. 17, 2021”

Oct. 16, 2021: Rain is back in the news! Last night we got .39 of an inch around midnight. Mud Hole got .13 and Utila is experiencing a shower this morning. Today we’ll have scattered showers, perhaps a 50 percent chance. Winds and seas will remain relatively calm for the entire forecast period. Rain chancesContinue reading “Oct. 16, 2021”