Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Delaney Rose in Utila and shows our waning full moon behind some clouds. We are in a period of gorgeous weather, with calmer winds and seas around 10 mph and seas around 2 feet and very low chances of overnight and early morning showers.Continue reading “August 31, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. We have a few popcorn clouds around at 7:30 a.m. and these have brought a shower here or there, especially mid-island. These will decrease and we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny today. The big story is calmer winds with seas only around 1-2 feet. This will be a greatContinue reading “August 29, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Considering the deep affection islanders have for country music, the death of Dolly is an especially sad day here, so we need a rainbow photo. We have a photo of the day this morning from Katy Pandy, who captured a cruise ship sailing into a rainbow in Flowers Bay. We haveContinue reading “August 26, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite at 6:30 a.m. shows rain well away from us, near Puerto Cortes to our southwest and near the Mosquito Coast to our southeast. Today should be a beautiful day for us, with relatively calm winds and seas starting out 15 mph from the east and 2 feet, and calmingContinue reading “August 25, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. This is the 7 a.m. view from Bananrama. You can see the rain in the distance. Around 6 a.m. West Bay received about a third of an inch of rain while no other reporting stations on the islands reported any rain this morning. At 7 a.m. we can see the bigContinue reading “August 19, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our rain system started moving through last night around 9 p.m., when many of us got a strong shower good for between a third and half an inch. This morning as of 7 a.m. most of the rain has fallen on Guanaja with .17 since midnight. The clouds will stick aroundContinue reading “August 17, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. The rain we were expecting came this morning, with most locations getting between 1 and 2 inches of rain. Rain should get a bit lighter as we get into midday, but I can rule out some showers under mostly cloudy skies. The infrared radar 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. shows decent showersContinue reading “August 11, 2026”

Good morning Bay Islands. At 6:30 a.m. we have a few popcorn clouds in a line north and south of Roatan. It is possible there is a shower somewhere in these clouds, though no rain has been recorded on the island. Any shower would pass by quickly and we will be mostly sunny today. TheContinue reading “August 9, 2026”