Roatan Weather Guy

October 8, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. No photo of the day today because we are watching a lot of activity. Hurricane Milton is about 500 miles to our northwest, but it is packing a punch and pushing our winds from the west around 15-20 mph and seas north and west sides around 4 feet. We will continueContinue reading “October 8, 2024”

September 2024 rainfall

We are putting Sandy Bay’s 7.05 inches in the record books for September, which is 2.2 inches above average for September. With a rainy forecast for the next two weeks it looks like October will be a typically wet month to begin rainy season, which goes through January. On a side note, a lot ofContinue reading “September 2024 rainfall”

October 7, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Matt Harper and shows some cirrus clouds. These high, wispy clouds usually mean fair weather, but when there are a lot of them, it can mean a cold front is on the way. We are waiting for a cold front and also the effectsContinue reading “October 7, 2024”

October 5, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Cesar Gonzalez Sr. and shows sunrise as seen from Pristine Bay looking east.We had a storm around 1:30 a.m. that gave most of us a good soaking. We are steadying ourselves after an earthquake and looking forward to cooler temps from a norther. Here are the rainfallContinue reading “October 5, 2024”

October 4, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Matt Harper in Saint Helene looking over toward the mainland. Often we get a clear morning after a rainy night. Last night around 10 p.m. many of us caught a thundershower that gave us around a tenth of an inch. This morning things areContinue reading “October 4, 2024”

October 1, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands and welcome to October. Our first photo of the day for this month comes from Phil Sikora and shows what I call popcorn clouds. They are actually low level cumulus clouds that can bring quick showers to our islands. This photo is the first to be eligible for the October contest.Continue reading “October 1, 2024”

September 30, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our last photo of the day for September comes from Fiona Barnett in West Bay. The five most liked photos will compete tomorrow for two free dives or snorkels at Scuba Roatan.The photo shows a cumulus cloud, probably creating some rain near the coast, being sheared to the northeast by upperContinue reading “September 30, 2024”

September 28, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Crystal Johnson and is a place near and dear to my heart, the Mangrove Tunnel in Jonesville Point. If you haven’t taken the boat ride here and perhaps jumped in for a swim in the swimming hole at the other end, you really haven’tContinue reading “September 28, 2024”

September 25, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Carla Scramstad in West End who caught this ship heading into the storm. I had at least two others send me photos of this particular storm, but Carla got great definition in the cloud.Many locations got 2-3 inches yesterday adn as of 6:50 a.m.Continue reading “September 25, 2024”

September 24, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Joyann Villalta Sanders and shows some clouds over Calabash and probably some rain on the right side of the photo. We’ve seen scattered showers from our Potential Tropical Storm Helene, but being on the southwest side of it, we’ve been on the lighter sideContinue reading “September 24, 2024”