Rainfall for December and for 2023: We’re putting West End’s 18.09 inches in the record book for December. That number was pretty typical across the Big Island and for Utila as well. That is well above our December average of 12.3 inches. Incredibly, we are above average for the year. That’s incredible because from JanuaryContinue reading “Rainfall for December and 2024”
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January 1, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our first photo of the day for 2024 is our last photo from Saturday’s storm. Thanks to Kelly Kosmin for sharing this monster waves from West End. Things are calmer now, though still choppy. We are in for some much drier weather in the week ahead. Low temperatures were not as cool as yesterdayContinue reading “January 1, 2024”
December 31, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our video of the day comes from Megan Mitchell and shows the waves pounding Sandy Bay Beach. My peak wind gust on Jonesville Point was 46 mph and Ron Ohm picked up 48 mph. Waves reached 8 1/2 feet but I’m sure they were probably 9-10 feet at some point (aroundContinue reading “December 31, 2023”
December 30, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a reminder of our last norther, taken at the tip of West Bay by Julie Elpus. This morning we getting 20 mph winds and seas at 5 feet on the north side. Conditions are expected to be worse this afternoon before the get a littleContinue reading “December 30, 2023”
December 29, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our picture of the day comes from James Oden and shows a waterspout from Nov. 1 off Sandy Bay. Waterspouts are an interesting phenomena. While tornados are almost unheard of in our region of the tropics, waterspouts are fairly common. They form and disappear quickly and create winds generally less thanContinue reading “December 29, 2023”
December 28, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. This morning’s photo of the day comes from Matt Harper and shows the bright lights of Bodden Bight in St. Helene at sunrise. These high cirrus clouds are in advance of a norther (cold front, frente frio) that should bring a little rain the evening, more rain tomorrow and a lotContinue reading “December 28, 2023”
December 27, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Pam Peters in Calabash. We get one more perfect day of weather before the winds start to turn to the north and rain chances increase. On the satellite we can see the approaching cold front. Our winds will start to turn to the north tomorrowContinue reading “December 27, 2023”
December 26, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. In honor of our full moon tonight, we are choosing Judy Brownfield’s moon photo over Lawson Rock as our photo of the day. We’ll get a good view of our full moon with very few clouds around tonight. Very few clouds this morning. We will have mostly sunny skies and only the slightestContinue reading “December 26, 2023”
December 25, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. This morning’s photo of the day comes from Dirk Yelinek taken last night at West Bay Beach. Lots of boats and folks on the beach for Christmas Eve and Christmas. They will get picture perfect Bay Islands weather with sunny skies and mild winds and seas. The satellite shows very few clouds around. BasicallyContinue reading “December 25, 2023”
December 24, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from the lovely and talented Susan Andrews, and I am not biased at all. The photo is of sunset at West Bay Beach. Today’s sunset probably won’t have quite as many clouds as this one. Rainfall since midnight has been very light and most of it came betweenContinue reading “December 24, 2023”
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