Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

ood morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jonna Louise in Calabash Bight and shows some cumulonimbus clouds bringing rain, which we definitely had last night, with 1.5 to 2 inches recorded on the east side. Today and tomorrow rainfall amounts should be moderate, and mostly at night, but good chances forContinue reading “October 24, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Brittany Tynon in West End.Many of us got a LOT of rain yesterday through last night, with totals midisland and east side 3-4 inches. We’ve really had a wet October. Clouds and showers may hang around today, but rain totals should be less. On satellite at 8Continue reading “October 22, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tracy Rubottom Kaltenbacher, taken Monday she called it “The Calm Before the Storm.”The storm will indeed pass by, especially this evening into tomorrow morning. At 8 a.m. we can see a decent core of storms to our east. If this gets tropical rotation, the worstContinue reading “October 18, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Katy Pandy in Flowers Bay and show what I believe to be white herons taking refuge in a tree from the rain. Katy said islanders called these birds long-necked gollens. The storm we are watching for Friday into Saturday is starting to look aContinue reading “October 16, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tim Blanton and shows sunrise at CocoView.Over the next week we will see some peaks of sunshine but a lot more rain. On the bright side, we were only 84 degrees most of the day yesterday with dewpoints around 70. That is quite comfortableContinue reading “October 11, 2024”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Glory Cone in Lucy Point and shows a thundershower a week ago over the mainland. Over the weekend and into next week we will see plenty of rain and perhaps a few thundershowers.Don’t forget that the winner of photo of the month wins $50Continue reading “October 10, 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”

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”