Roatan Weather Guy

Rainfall for June 2024

In all the excitement over Hurricane Beryl I almost forgot to post rainfall for next month. Thanks to Trish Symons for the reminder. Consistency is important in recording rainfall, so I’m continuing to use the rainfall total in Sandy Bay, though some other locations got more rain toward the end of June. We’re officially recordingContinue reading “Rainfall for June 2024”

July 7, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our Photo of the Day comes from Elizabeth Leiva on Lucy Point and shows some of the cumulus clouds that have brought us rain the past few days. We are dealing with some rain this morning and have a chance for more this evening, though as we get into next weekContinue reading “July 7, 2024”

July 6, 2024

After Beryl has passed well into the Gulf of Mexico, we are ready to start our photo contest for the month of July, with a free round-trip on the Galaxy Wave to Guanaja as the prize. We start with an appropriate rainbow taken by Mirka Štekláčová from Czech Village looking to the south of Oakridge.Continue reading “July 6, 2024”

July 5, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Hurricane Beryl moved a little north of predictions and hit the island of Cozumel dead on. It had around 115 mph winds when it hit there, and is now entering the mainland of Yucatan at 100 mph. It is expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten Deep SouthContinue reading “July 5, 2024”

July 4, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. you would be forgiven for thinking that the storm you are looking at is three storms. This is the degradation of Hurricane Beryl due to shear that we’ve been talking about all week. The actual center of the storm is the part southwest of George Town, Grand Cayman and according toContinue reading “July 4, 2024”

July 3, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Hurricane Beryl is about to strike Jamaica this afternoon and I’m afraid Kingston will take a direct hit from its 145 mph winds. Beryl is somewhat weaker than it was at its peak of 165 mph. We will start seeing minor effects this afternoon with a switch in our winds toContinue reading “July 3, 2024”

July 2, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. We are at a very strange moment in our relationship with Hurricane Beryl. It is a Category 5 monster south of Puerto Rico, heading into our section of the Western Caribbean, but it is also forecast to go north of us and weaken considerably. In a lot of ways it is hardContinue reading “July 2, 2024”

July 1, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. I’m going to suspend the photo of the day until the storm threat has passed, but later this morning I will post the poll so you can vote on June’s photo of the month. The headlines today: Hurricane Beryl will pass through Grenada within a couple of hours as a categoryContinue reading “July 1, 2024”

June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris

The good news is that the storm is trending in the right direction for us — northward. We are now on the very southern edge of the cone of uncertainty. It is not impossible for it to come our way, but chances are good it passes north of us, gives us some moderate westerly winds on ThursdayContinue reading “June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris”

June 30, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. We aren’t going to do a photo of the day, but tomorrow will be the contest for the winner of a free dive at Sandy Bay Divers. Here are the headlines: 1. I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday that we will not take a direct hit. ItContinue reading “June 30, 2024”