Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

As you see in the photo, the wind and surf on the north side brought down the palapa at La Sireña in Camp Bay. I’m sure Jimmy Andrade and the crew will have it up and running in no time. We have a wide range of rainfall from 6 a.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. today,Continue reading “Nov. 8, 2021”

Nov. 7, 2021: Most rain totals overnight were light. We got .06 of an inch around 3 a.m. Yesterday, many of us picked up a downpour around midday. Utila has had about an inch in the last 24 hours. This morning there are scattered showers on radar, mostly to our west. We’ll have partly cloudyContinue reading “Nov. 7, 2021”

Nov. 6, 2021: Good morning Roatan! Many of us woke up to a downpour. Larry Rapp in West Bay reports 1.9 inches overnight as of 7 a.m. Coral View got 1.27 inches. We got nearly a half inch on Lucy Point and Jimmy Andrade in Camp Bay got about 1.6 inches, most of it thisContinue reading “Nov. 6, 2021”

Nov. 5, 2021: Good morning Roatan! We awoke to scattered clouds and the radar shows scattered showers to the west, around Utila. Today we will have scattered showers with west/northwest winds 10-15 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Tomorrow we’ll have a very good chance of rain throughout the day as our front passes through. WindsContinue reading “Nov. 5, 2021”

Nov. 4, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! This morning the west side of the island got rain — half an inch in West Bay, .87 at SOL in Sandy Bay, .92 at Casa Mariposa Azul in Sandy Bay, but only small amounts further east.I know all of this thanks to Claro, and no thanks to MaxContinue reading “Nov. 4, 2021”

Nov. 3, 2021: Good morning, Roatan. We’ve had a very Roatan sort of rain, the kind that comes mostly at night. We picked up 3.25 inches on Lucy Point since yesterday morning, which is the highest total I’ve found on the island. West Bay picked up .90 and Utila’s had about an inch. Most locationsContinue reading “Nov. 3, 2021”

Nov. 2, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! We all woke up to a nice steady rain and cool temperatures. Most of us received between a quarter and a half inch of rain by 7 a.m. and that’s just the beginning. The satellite shows that the majority of the rain is still to our east and willContinue reading “Nov. 2, 2021”

Nov. 1, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! We’re waking up to the same cloudy skies that we had yesterday. Today should be mostly cloudy with a small chance of a light shower. Winds will be northeast at 10 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters.) Tomorrow is going to be quite rainy with some torrentialContinue reading “Nov. 1, 2021”

Rainfall for October 2021: We recorded 5.53 inches of rain for the month, well below our average of 17.29 inches, but it is also the most rain we’ve gotten in a month since March. The forecast for this week is full of rain, so it seems that the drought is over and rainy season isContinue reading “Rainfall for October 2021”

Oct. 31, 2021: We got down to 72 degrees this morning (22 C), but the low for the island belongs to the new SOL/Sandy Bay station with registered 70 degrees (21 C) this morning.Today we’ll have mostly sunny skies and fairly calm winds from the north at 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3 toContinue reading “Oct. 31, 2021”