Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Jan. 8, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! After a rainy morning yesterday that gave most of us between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain, last night was pretty quiet, except for a shower that hit the island around 8:30 p.m. As you can see in the satellite this morning, we have a lot of clouds to our eastContinue reading “Jan. 8, 2023”

Good morning, Roatan! We definitely got good rain last night. Most locations got an inch or a little over around Roatan, though the far west end got more: 2.25 inches for West End, 1.7 for West Bay and 1.73 for Utila. Our winds are fairly calm this morning, but northeast winds to our north areContinue reading “Jan. 7, 2023”

Jan. 6, 2023: Good morning Roatan! This morning with a northeast wind in place we are seeing some rain coming off the mainland giving Utila a morning shower with .16 and still raining at 7 a.m. Overnight Coral View got .06 and French Harbor .04, Politilly .04, Coral View .03 and Jonesville Point .09. AsContinue reading “Jan. 6, 2023”

Jan. 5, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! For the first time in awhile, we can say there were scattered showers around the island this morning as you can see on this morning’s radar. Only West End recorded any rain, and that was only .01 of an inch. But this goes to show that we are gettingContinue reading “Jan. 5, 2023”

Jan. 4, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We had quite a windy night, with our top gust at Joneville Point at 30 mph. We have 5 foot (1.7 meter) seas on the south side, and around 2 feet closer to Ceiba. That should calm as the day goes on to 3-4 feet here and 1 footContinue reading “Jan. 4, 2023”

Jan. 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Another dry, windy day with seas 4 feet on the south side and 2 feet at the reef on the north side. Today will continue to be sunny with east winds around 15 mph and seas around 2-3 feet. Tonight the winds should pick up to 20-25 mph andContinue reading “Jan. 3, 2023”

Jan. 2, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We awake to partly cloudy skies and seas around 3-4 feet (1-1.3 meters) with east winds around 15 mph. We’ll deal with some morning clouds that will give way to afternoon sun. Seas calm to 1-2 feet (.3-.6 meters) as you travel to Ceiba. Tonight winds are up aroundContinue reading “Jan. 2, 2023”

Rainfall totals for December and 2022: We put 14.10 inches in the books, which was about average across the island. For 2022 we put 92.65 inches in the books, just slightly over the average for a year on Roatan. It was a pretty unremarkable year weatherwise, with no extremes in temperature and no serious effectsContinue reading “Rainfall for December and 2022”

Jan. 1, 2023: Good morning, Roatan and welcome to 2023! Yesterday Punta Blanca caught a shower good for .20 of an inch. Our windy, wavy, dry weather will continue into the first part of next week, with daytime winds around 15-20 mph from the east and seas around 3 feet and nighttime winds gusting 22-27Continue reading “Jan 1, 2023”

Dec. 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! And, though I know it is mainly of importance to folks from the U.S., Happy College Football Semifinal Saturday! We had a pretty windy overnight which stirred up the seas, which are around 4 feet this morning (1.3 meters). For those riding the ferry to Ceiba, when we haveContinue reading “Dec. 31, 2022”