Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

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”

June 16, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We wake up to east winds at 20 mph but they got up to 39 mph last night. Seas are at 3-4 feet. Windy conditions will continue through Monday before we get some calm during the middle of next week. We are still in the midst of dryContinue reading “June 16, 2023”

The National Hurricane Center has some storms coming off the west coast of Africa with a 20 percent chance of tropical development over 7 days. Some computers are developing this, but it is more of a threat to the Eastern Caribbean and no threat to us. The second map is the GFS forecast for midnightContinue reading “June 15, 2023”

June 15, 2023: Good morning Roatan! We have a shower to the east of Guanaja, but unfortunately it is just sitting there and it will eventually fade away. We have 20 mph east winds this morning and 4 foot seas on the south side and 2 foot seas on the north side. Our windy conditionsContinue reading “June 15, 2023”

June 14, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. The wind has brought us a little relief from the heat, though the high yesterday was 91F (33C) and the heat index was 105F (41C), winds at 20-30 mph make that heat more bearable. The waves have also cooled sea temps a bit. A buoy on the northContinue reading “June 14, 2023”

June 13, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! Winds are still around 20 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters) on the south side, around 3 feet on the north side. The wind is here, at least until the weekend. I’m posting accumulated precipitation maps from both the Euro … … and the Canadian computerContinue reading “June 13, 2023”

June 12, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Three main headlines in our forecast today: 1. Starting tonight we get strong east winds with nighttime winds gusting over 30 mph and daytime winds 20-25 mph and seas 5-6 feet (1.6-2 meters). 2. Tonight there will be a small chance of a shower, but this week is mostly dry. TheContinue reading “June 12, 2023”

Good morning Bay Islands. Yesterday we had a high temperature at the airport of 91F (33C) and a heat index of 111F (44C). Surface sea temps are back over 30C (86F). If you want to enjoy one last day of calm winds and seas, today is your day. Winds will be 10-15 mph this afternoonContinue reading “June 11, 2023”