Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Karen Bodin looking at the sun setting from Carib Bight on the south side of the island.This is one of those mornings with stubborn low clouds bringing us rain. We should clear out of this by afternoon and have some nice weather today, tomorrowContinue reading “December 9, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from last month’s winner Ken Meissner and shows a double rainbow over Gibson Bight. Remember the Photo of the Month of December gets a $50 gift certificate to Roatan Oasis (roatanoasis.com). It seems during rainy season, the forecast isn’t whether it is going to rain,Continue reading “December 8, 2024”

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”