Good morning Bay Islands. For our photo of the day is Murray Diederich’s pic of the last time the world’s largest cruise ship docked on our island. This time it will be greeted with morning clouds, afternoon sun and brisk east winds. The clouds we have this morning are the result of these mid-level clouds moving inContinue reading “April 29, 2024”
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April 28, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kathy Sidenstricker and shows the Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, behind the Flowers Bay Roatan sign. The Icon will be returning to the island tomorrow. It will be a windy, dry visit. On satellite this morning, the popcorn clouds areContinue reading “April 28, 2024”
Declination of the sun over Roatan
In our recent discussions about temperature on Roatan, I noted that May and September seem to be the hottest months of the year, which I attributed to lack of clouds and, especially in September, calm winds. But Roger Quigg of Jolly Roger Roatan pointed out the role of declination, that is the angle of theContinue reading “Declination of the sun over Roatan”
April 27, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kathy Beselinoff in Half Moon Bay. Like her photo to give her a chance at a $50 gift certificate to Blue Bahia Beach Grill. The top five photos compete in a poll on Tuesday. If you would like to enter your photo send itContinue reading “April 27, 2024”
April 26, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from John Atkins in Mangrove Bight, but not the Mangrove Bight on Guanaja. Evidently we have one on Roatan too, between Gibson Bight and West End. We have some shower activity on satellite This beautiful sound comes from Jimmy Andrade, near his Las La Sirena deContinue reading “April 26, 2024”
April 25, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our full moon photo today was taken by Phil Sikora at Carib Bight below Juticalpa. We had a question in yesterday’s comments about the sargassum. We will take a stab at guessing when it gets less stinky. Let’s start with our satellite photo. We see some popcorn clouds at 6:50 a.m., especially aroundContinue reading “April 25, 2024”
April 24, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dian Lynn and was taken from Sundowner’s in West End. We got a little rain yesterday evening, especially in West Bay, which picked up .13 of an inch around 5:30. We’re not seeing as much rain as we hoped for this morning. On our satellite weContinue reading “April 24, 2024”
April 23, 2024
Our photo of the day comes from Brad Turnelle in Parrot Tree and shows our near-full moon. This year, because the full moon occurs so close to spring equinox, Semana Santa and Passover were separated by an entire month. We see a few popcorn clouds on satellite, especially to our west and south. It isContinue reading “April 23, 2024”
Why Roatan has to worry about hurricanes a lot less than Florida
I found this graphic online that gives the hurricane danger of various countries on a scale of 0 to 10. You will notice that the countries with the highest risk are to our northeast. That is because the strongest hurricanes tend to form off the west coast of Africa and move in a west/northwesterly direction.Continue reading “Why Roatan has to worry about hurricanes a lot less than Florida”
April 22, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kristi Voves in Palmetto Bay and she has a sunset view that I’m jealous of. This morning we have a small shower to the east of Puerto Cortex and some high, hazy clouds over our heads, but otherwise we are dry. We will continueContinue reading “April 22, 2024”
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