Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Sept. 24, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Around 2 a.m. we got a brief shower on Lucy Point, but not enough to register in the rain gauge. There are a few clouds approaching from the north that may give someone a late morning or midday chance of a shower. Otherwise we’ll have partly cloudy skies andContinue reading “Sept. 24, 2021”

Sept. 23, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Looks like we are in a cycle where we are getting more scattered showers. That’s a good thing to keep the dust down, as we get ready for the rainy season. we had almost a tenth of an inch this morning about 7 a.m. on Lucy Point. The sameContinue reading “Sept. 23, 2021”

Sept. 22, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday I said the sea looked like glass. We’ll today it is even glassier, as you can see in my view from my seaside door with Jonesville on the right. I awoke to a downpour at about 4 a.m. and thought for sure when I checked the gauge itContinue reading “Sept. 22, 2021”

I don’t know about where you’re at, but at Lucy Point the sea looks like a sheet of glass. Pretty calm. Both West Bay and Utila reported sprinkles but no measurable rain this morning. Those calm conditions should last for awhile. We’ll have east-northeast winds 5-10 mph and seas at 1 foot (.2 or .3Continue reading “Sept. 21, 2021”

Sept. 20, 2021: Rain! Glorious, wet, puddle-making rain! Along with thunder. We also had three or four power outages here on Lucy Point, I’m guessing from lines that had accumulated salt finally getting wet. The thunder was pretty loud as well. You can see the lightening strikes in the radar loop, first at mid-island thenContinue reading “Sept. 20, 2021”

Sept. 19, 2021: The weather headline for this week will be fairly mild winds, which will make it a good week for boating, snorkeling and diving. Today we’ll have east/northeast winds 12-17 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters).Tonight into tomorrow morning we will have a chance of a scattered shower. Monday and TuesdayContinue reading “Sept. 19, 2021”

Sept. 18, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! We awoke this morning with some clouds off to our east. It is possible that Guanaja picked up a shower. Those will be rare today. We will have mostly sunny skies and east winds 15-20 mph with 3-4 foot (1 to 1.3 meter) seas. Tomorrow should be slightly calmerContinue reading “Sept. 18, 2021”

Sept. 17, 2021: Good morning Roatan! I come to you this morning with some hope for wetter weather … in a week. A cold front is coming. No, it won’t make it all the way down here, but it will push enough unstable moisture this far south to give us good chances of rain nextContinue reading “Sept. 17, 2021”

Sept. 16, 2021: Yesterday was beautiful and fairly calm. This morning is starting out the same, but winds should start to pick up as we get into the evening. We start out the day with winds in the 10 mph range and seas at 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters), but this evening they willContinue reading “Sept. 16, 2021”

Over at the Facebook group Ask Anything Roatan, someone asked when the rainy season starts. Can you believe we can get an answer from 1722? Here is what Philip Ashton, stranded by pirates on an uninhabited Roatan said then: The rains begin about the middle of October, & continue for five months together, and thenContinue reading “Support our site, get a free book”