Feb. 7, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. As of 8:20 a.m. you can see the rain totals we received this morning. The further east you went, the wetter you got. We still have some clouds around and we’ll keep a small chance of a shower through the morning, but we will be mostly dry, andContinue reading “Feb. 7, 2023”
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Feb. 6, 2023
Feb. 6, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! No rain last night as the clouds and rain stayed well to our west, near Puerto Cortes and Tela. Today we will have one more day of relatively calm winds and seas, with winds 10 mph during the day and 15 mph at night and seas at 2Continue reading “Feb. 6, 2023”
Feb. 5, 2023
Feb. 5, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! The west side of the island got some rain between 5 and 7 a.m. The highest total was .15 of an inch in West Bay, but West End and Sandy Bay also got a little wet. Those clouds have moved off to the west but at 7:45 a.m.Continue reading “Feb. 5, 2023”
Feb. 4, 2023
Feb. 4, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! We have lots of rain to our west and north, but that is moving away from us. We should have mostly sunny skies today with only a slight chance of a shower. Winds will continue to be almost calm and seas will drop from 2 feet this morningContinue reading “Feb. 4, 2023”
Rainfall totals for January 2023
Rain over most of the island was pretty consistent at 5-6 inches, though West End recorded more than 9 inches and West Bay recorded less than 4 inches. We’ll put 5.46 in the books. That is the lowest rain total for the month since 2016 and almost exactly half the normal rainfall of 11 inches.Continue reading “Rainfall totals for January 2023”
Feb. 3, 2023
Feb. 3, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We had some showers this morning on the east side of the island, giving Punta Blanca a tenth of an inch and Jonesville Point and Politilly just enough to get the ground wet. Today we will have much calmer winds and seas, around 5-10 mph and seas 1-2Continue reading “Feb. 3, 2023”
Feb. 2, 2023
Feb. 2, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. I haven’t seen any groundhogs, but I saw a couple of island rabbits yesterday.This morning we have some clouds and Punta Blanca just picked up .02 of an inch at 9 a.m. This morning around 1 a.m. West Bay got a quarter of an inch of rain. We’llContinue reading “Feb. 2, 2023”
Feb. 1, 2023
Feb. 1, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! The rain and clouds stuck around longer yesterday than I thought they would, giving many of us about a third of an inch of rain yesterday. We also got a round of rain just after midnight, giving many of us about a tenth of an inch. This morningContinue reading “Feb. 1, 2023”
Jan. 31, 2023
As of 9:24 here are the rain totals for the island. As you can see, I’m the big winner here on Jonesville Point with about a quarter of an inch of rain. Our current satellite shows clouds moving toward the northwest, so we should have some clouds and a few showers around through mid-morning. The afternoon will beContinue reading “Jan. 31, 2023”
Jan. 30, 2023
Good morning, Bay Islands! Most locations on the big island got a little under a tenth of an inch, though as of 11 a.m. West Bay, West End and Utila had gotten no measureable rain. There is still a small chance of a shower through about noon, especially west.Otherwise today should be mostly sunny withContinue reading “Jan. 30, 2023”