Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Angela Lopez over in Calabash and shows a heron at sunrise.Most of us have gotten between a quarter and half an inch this morning after about the same amount yesterday, though Guanaja got 1.5 inches yesterday and Utila got 2+ inches. Things look toContinue reading “December 7, 2024”

Our photo of the day comes from Debbie Bartlett in Jonesville. We’ve all gotten some rain overnight, but Utila has gotten the most, with about 3.5 inches in the last 24 hours. We will continue to deal with rain through the weekend, and next week winds and seas will get a little calmer. Here is this morning’sContinue reading “December 6, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Bianca Isnardi McNab and shows a downpour in Sandy Bay from last weekend. We are going to be seeing plenty of this starting this afternoon and lasting through the weekend. Here is this morning’s satellite. You can see storms to our east near Puerto Lempira. TheseContinue reading “December 5, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Colleen Hill looking south from Laguna Beach on Utila. Send your photos with name and location to bookmybio@gmail.com to compete for a $50 gift certificate from roatanoasis.com. Utila and Roatan got around a tenth of an inch last night, while Guanaja picked up halfContinue reading “December 4, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jason Bauer (Island Jay) and was taking from Coxen Hole on Nov. 30 of the fireworks celebrating Bojangles 26th anniversary. We can see partly cloudy skies at 8 a.m. on satellite. These clouds don’t have much rain in them, and we should stay dry mostContinue reading “December 3, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Guido Bertea and shows a forelorn dock in Sandy Bay during a downpour such as we saw yesterday. We had widespread 4-5 inch readings midisland and east side, 2-3 inches west side, and 7 big inches on Utila. Already this morning many locations midislandContinue reading “December 2, 2024”

We’re putting 22.62 inches of rain in the books for November 2024, and despite all the rains from Tropical Storm Sara, in the end we were only 5 inches above average. Utila, however was much above that with 34 inches. We only need 16 inches in December to get to average annual rainfall for theContinue reading “Rainfall for Novemer 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Aaron Hardee. Aaron tells me the guy in the kayak is Sammy, who sells coconuts and pineapples on West Bay. Aaron is the last contested for a $50 gift certificate to Umbul Umbul. I’m still looking for a December sponsor.There is A LOT toContinue reading “November 30, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Sue Fall in Mahogany Hills looking toward French Harbour.We’ve had a pretty quiet 24 hours, but things are going to get pretty rainy and windy, starting Sunday, which may be a day of heavy rains. On satellite at 7:30 a.m. we see some popcorn clouds, especially overContinue reading “November 29, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Sandy Soboy in Johnson Bight near Havana Beach and shows the sun brilliantly illuminating some cumulus clouds.As I mentioned yesterday there is some uncertainty about our forecast next week, but let’s start with today and most of tomorrow, which should be quite nice. WeContinue reading “November 28, 2024”