Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

June 28, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Another short forecast, but I’m halfway home! Just two more flights to go.There’s been scattered showers around us overnight but I haven’t found a reporting station with measurable rainfall. Today will be partly cloudy with moderate winds 5-15 mph from the east and seas 2-3 feet. Tonight theContinue reading “June 28, 2023”

June 26, 2023: Good (rainy) morning Bay Islands. Thank goodness we finally got wet! As of 9 a.m. today, most of us have seen between a quarter and half an inch. The radar also indicates we’ve heard some thunder. As you can see in radar, the storms are generally moving east to west, but theContinue reading “June 26, 2023”

June 25, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! Our winds and seas are quite calm this morning, at around 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Winds should remain moderate through Wednesday morning at 5-15 mph and seas will be 1-2 feet. The big story is the approach of the moisture of former storm Bret, now justContinue reading “June 25, 2023”

June 24, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Sorry, but I can only do a brief forecast today. The internet here in the mountains of Oregon is really bad. Two main points.1. Winds should calm a bit through Monday. 10-20 mph today, 10-15 mph tomorrow and Monday before getting back to 15-25 mph midweek.2 We stillContinue reading “June 24, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. Sorry for the late post. We’re in the mountains of Oregon for a nephew-in-law’s wedding. It’s 48 degrees up here (9C) 🥶.As best as I can tell from weather stations and radar, the islands have stayed mostly dry yesterday and last night. If you got any rain, let me know inContinue reading “June 23, 2023”

June 22, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. For days now our tropical wave has been on the Mosquito Coast teasing us. There are no good weather stations over there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they hadn’t gotten 5 or 6 inches of rain. This morning we got .02 of an inch on Jonesville PointContinue reading “June 22, 2023”

June 21, 2023: Good morning and Happy Longest Day of the Year! Sunrise is 5:15 a.m. and sunset is 6:21 p.m. giving us 13 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight. On our shortest day of the year, Dec. 21, we will have 11 hours 9 minutes of sun. Being closer to the equator, the differenceContinue reading “June 21, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. This morning we wake up to some bad news. Overnight our tropical wave weakened considerably as you can see in the satelite video from 6 p.m. last night to 6 a.m. today. That lowers our chances of rain this week considerably. Rain chances today and tomorrow are around 10 percent. ChancesContinue reading “June 19, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands! Our tropical wave is on our doorstep, the question is will it be able to come in. You can see the mass of moisture centered off the Mosquito Coast that we’ve been waiting for for weeks. It is already bringing good rainfall to the Mosquito Coast and there are even aContinue reading “June 18, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. We wake up to east winds 20 mph and seas 2 feet on the north side and 4 feet on the south side. These winds will continue through the weekend and start to calm a little on Monday.This weekend will be dry, but we continue to hope for some rain next week. The forecastContinue reading “June 17, 2023”