Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Feb. 10, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We wake up to 20 mph winds and 4-5 foot seas (1.3 to 1.6 meters) on the south side. Today we will have windy and dry conditions, but clouds will be increasing as our cold front gets closer and tonight into tomorrow morning we should have some scatteredContinue reading “Feb. 10, 2023”

Feb. 9, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We had another windy night last night with winds to 30 mph. That gives us seas this morning of 4 feet on the southside (1.3 meters) and 3 feet (1 meter) on the northside.Those windy, dry conditions continue today and tomorrow.Saturday things start to calm, the winds shift toContinue reading “Feb. 9, 2023”

Feb. 8, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We definitely got our easterly winds back again! These winds are called “trade winds” and back in the days of sailing ships bringing cargo, winds like these brought ships from Europe and Africa toward Central America.Last night we had sustained winds around 30 mph for several hours. ThisContinue reading “Feb. 8, 2023”

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”

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: 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: 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”

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: 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: 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”