Roatan Weather Guy

November 14, 2024 7:40 p.m.

There isn’t much news that is new in the latest forecasts. One thing that has changed is that more of the latest models are forecasting a higher end tropical storm or lower end Category 1 hurricane as the storm passes our islands. Some locations are now showing wind gusts around 40 mph, or low levelContinue reading “November 14, 2024 7:40 p.m.”

November 13, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. I am sorry to say that there is now a very real possibility of the Bay Islands getting a direct hit from a tropical storm or hurricane sometime between Friday and Monday. It isn’t a certainty, but the forecasts are starting to agree that the storm will come our way. YouContinue reading “November 13, 2024”

November 12, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. No photo of the day today because we need to talk about Potential Tropical Storm Sara, which should form somewhere near the Mosquito Coast Thursday into Friday and will probably be to our north and east until Monday. Let’s start with the satellite. You can see a few clouds in our area, includingContinue reading “November 12, 2024”

November 11, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Glenn Gertsen in Diamond Rock and shows a great rainbow yesterday.The big news of the day is we have a 40 percent chance of a tropical cyclone betweent he end of this week and the start of next week. Today through Wednesday should beContinue reading “November 11, 2024”

November 10, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tabitha Henry in Sandy Bay, along with a note that the calm waters made it look like the cruise ship was floating on air. Those calm waters will last through about Wednesday, along with small chances of rain, mostly overnights and early mornings, butContinue reading “November 10, 2024”

November 9, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Nancy Sikora in Carib Bight near Jonesville Point. Our weather today will be beautiful with mostly clear skies and light winds out of the east and seas 1-2 feet. Tomorrow we will have a 20 percent chance of an early morning shower, but tomorrowContinue reading “November 9, 2024”

November 8, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kathy Deegan in Coco View. I made the mistake yesterday of pulling up the wrong tide chart and saying we were close to full moon. We are not. We are actually close to quarter moon, but even quarter moon can be quite a siteContinue reading “November 8, 2024”

November 7, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Colleen Tennyson Bodden taken Monday from St. Helene.We have finally been able to dry out after a long period of rain. Our dry period now looks like it should last through Saturday, though our chance of a passing shower will go up a littleContinue reading “November 7, 2024”

November 5, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Claire Staffa, who caught some impressive, dark cumulus clouds at sunrise on Oct. 30. We should be seeing fewer cumulus clouds over the next few days as we get a much-needed break from the rain. Unfortunately there is more rain in the forecast for next week. Let’sContinue reading “November 5, 2024”

November 4, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jennifer DeWitt and shows the rainy day we had yesterday on the northeast end of the big island looking back to the south.Most of us got 1-2 inches yesterday and we’ve started out this morning with about a tenth of an inch as ofContinue reading “November 4, 2024”