Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

August 28, 2023. Good morning Bay Islands. Tropical Storm Idalia will become Hurricane Idalia any minute now, but it is moving away from us. Last night most of us got around a quarter of an inch of rain around midnight and we have winds this morning from the southwest around 15 mph and seas aroundContinue reading “August 28, 2023”

August 26, 2023. Good morning Bay Islands. Our tropical system has moved north of the islands and is headed north away from us. We will have partly cloudy skies and continued calm winds, though tomorrow morning will be an exception, with east winds 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet (1 meter).We will continue toContinue reading “August 26, 2023”

August 25, 2023. Good morning Bay Islands. We got a soaking rain last night with many totals 1 to 2 inches and some reports more than that.This morning the National Hurricane Center places the storm just off the northern coast of eastern Honduras. It is honestly hard to see anything specific on the satellite andContinue reading “August 25, 2023”

Aug. 24, 2023. Good morning Bay Islands. This morning the storm on the Pacific side of Nicaragua is still expected to move north. We will continue to deal with clouds and scattered showers through Saturday morning. Oddly the same computers that are saying this storm will move north are not predicting a huge amount ofContinue reading “August 24, 2023”

Aug. 23, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. At 7:30 a.m. there are quite a few showers and thundershowers out there. These showers on radar are moving to the southwest. We will have a good chance of seeing a shower through the day today. Those good rain chances last through tomorrow. Winds should be calm atContinue reading “August 23, 2023”

August 22, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. I decided to do a video because the forecast is complicated. To make a long story short, we should have scattered showers, especially tonight into tomorrow. We will continue to have mild and variable winds and seas 1-2 feet (.3-.6 meters). The European model is trying to giveContinue reading “August 22, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. Last night between 10 and 11 p.m. we had some thunderstorms pass over the islands that gave most of us about a tenth of an inch of rain, but West Bay got about a third of an inch. We recorded winds gusting to 40 mph during the squall on Jonesville Point.Continue reading “August 21, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. Overnight Punta Blanca and Politilly got a little rain around 2:30 a.m., enough to get the ground wet. Midmorning yesterday much of the west side of the island got about a tenth of an inch. This morning on radar we have a few showers west of Utila, but those are movingContinue reading “August 20, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. We wake up to clear skies, east winds 10-15 mph and seas around 2 feet. Today winds and seas will stay around 10-15 mph and 2 feet, but we are looking at some super calm conditions for the weekend with winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3-.6 meters), even calmerContinue reading “August 18, 2023”

At 7:40 a.m. we have some showers between Guanaja and Barbarat. In the 8 o’clock hour some of these may make their way into eastern Roatan. Over the next three days we will continue to have partly cloudy skies and small chances of overnight or early morning showers. Rain chances go up Sunday evening intoContinue reading “August 17, 2023”