Good morning Bay Islands. Brad Ryon captured these twin water spouts looking south from Utila on Tuesday. With a stormy weekend in the forecast, it possible we will see more of these. They are not as dangerous as land tornadoes, as their winds are generally around 40 mph, but still stay away from them. AtContinue reading “October 15, 2026”
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October 14, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dirk Yelinek, who captured this awesome glow from West Bay. Over the last 24 hours we’ve seen some scattered showers, with the big winner being Guanaja, with nearly half an inch just after midnight. We will continue to deal with calm winds and seas,Continue reading “October 14, 2026”
October 9, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Davinci McNab a couple of weeks ago when we were in full moon, showing the full moon rising over Paya Bay. We are currently getting close to new moon, meaning with not a lot of clouds at night, we should be getting a goodContinue reading “October 9, 2026”
September rainfall and El Nino outlook
Good morning Bay Islands. For our official total for September, we’re putting Sandy Bay’s 3.16 inches in the books, but rain totals were all over the place across the islands, from 5 inches in Utila to 7-9 inches at Diamond Rock and Camp Bay and back down to 1.5 inches in Guanaja. Looking ahead, we’reContinue reading “September rainfall and El Nino outlook”
September 30, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes form Brad Ryon, who captured this bolt during the big weekend thunderstorm over Utila. This time of year when we get storms, they are more likely to have thunder given the intense heat up and down the atmosphere. Fortunately our chances at storms the nextContinue reading “September 30, 2026”
September 27, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Daniel Ebanks on Guanaja. Our skies are actually quite a bit clearer than this today. Our winds and seas are a little stronger than we’ve been seeing, with east winds around 15 mph and seas up to 3 feet. They should calm a littleContinue reading “September 27, 2026”
September 25, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a gorgeous cloud formation off Utila from Brad Ryon. On Wednesday, Utila experienced quite the storm, getting between 4 and 5 inches in a two hour period midday. Fortunately they’ve been dry since. Yesterday many locations on Roatan got up to a half an inchContinue reading “September 25, 2026”
September 23, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Brenda LeTarte captured this nicely colored cumulus cloud from Edo’s on Utila. As of 7 a.m. Utila has mostly missed the rain that has given many Roatanians half an inch or more of rain. We should see these showers diminish as the day goesContinue reading “September 23, 2026”
September 22, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from the web cam at Coco View, showing even on the normally wavy southside of the island, that we look more like a pond than a sea. These quite calm conditions will last at least through Thursday and perhaps through Friday before winds pick upContinue reading “September 22, 2026”
September 18, 2026
Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite at 7:45 a.m. shows clouds moving in from the west, but any rain in this should stay to our north. Yesterday afternoon many of us got some good rain, between a quarter and half an inch for most of us. Rain totals since midnight have been very small andContinue reading “September 18, 2026”