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April 6, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Sorry for missing yesterday, but I don’t think I missed much except a whole lot of sun and heat. The same is in store today. Most temperatures are showing at right around 90 (32C). As I’ve mentioned before, temperature on Roatan is mostly a function of clouds and whenContinue reading “April 6, 2022”

April 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! There is a system over El Salvador that is throwing a few high clouds our way, but mostly we will stay sunny and windy, with daytime winds 17-22 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter) and nighttime winds 22-27 mph and seas at 5 feet (1.6 meters). ThoseContinue reading “April 4, 2022”

April 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Today is the day that may be slightly less windy that the rest of the week, with east winds at 15 mph and seas at 2 (.6 meters) feet and nighttime winds at 20 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters). Tomorrow we will be back to 20Continue reading “April 3, 2022”

Rainfall for March 2022. This March is officially the rainiest March since our records start in 1994. We recorded 9.96 inches, which is three times the prior average of 3.33 inches. The addition of this month actually raised the average March rainfall to 3.56 inches. Looking ahead, April is traditionally the driest month of theContinue reading “Rainfall for March 2022”

April 2, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Since our weather is pretty boring, I thought I would talk about one thing that is happening in our weather — wind! Sometimes we will give a forecast for 20 mph winds and someone will comment that it seems much calmer where they are. Occasionally we get the opposite,Continue reading “April 2, 2022”

April 1, 2022: Welcome to April. Things are already getting hot. The airport got up 88 (31C) degrees yesterday and Utila has gotten to 90 (32C) degrees today. Winds have been up, especially on the south side. My new weather station will be on the island Wednesday, so I will be able to get accurateContinue reading “April 1, 2022”

March 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Abundant sunshine continues. Winds will be from the east/southeast 10-15 through the middle of the day with 3 foot (1 meter) waves and gusty at night 20-25 mph and 5 foot waves (1.6 meters). As we go through the weekend, winds will calm a bit, especially on Sunday whenContinue reading “March 31, 2022”

March 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Goodbye rain, hello wind! Daytime winds at 20 mph and nighttime winds to 30 mph with seas at 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and up to 5 feet (1.6 meters) at night. Skies will be partly cloudy today, but should be sunny the rest of the weekContinue reading “March 30, 2022”

March 29, 2022: Good morning Roatan. The east side is getting a decent shower at 7 a.m. Punta Blanca already has over half an inch for today. Most locations got between half an inch and an inch in the period after 7 a.m. yesterday. The 7 a.m. radar shows what is likely the last waveContinue reading “March 29, 2022”

March 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The area between Sandy Bay and Coral View got 2-3 inches of rain yesterday, while over here on the east side, totals have been right around 1 inch. Rain should start diminishing today and winds should start picking up from the east tonight. The chance of rain will continueContinue reading “March 28, 2022”