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Jan. 9, 2022: Good morning Roatan! We’ve had a pretty quiet, but breezy 24 hours Saturday morning through this morning.Today will be our last really windy day for awhile. We’ll have mostly sunny skies and east winds 17-25 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter).Tonight we will have increasing clouds and a chance ofContinue reading “Jan. 9, 2022”

Jan 8, 2022: Good morning Roatan! There have been scattered showers about the island. About 3:30 this morning the east side picked up about a tenth of an inch. Sandy Bay is picking up a small shower as I write at 7:30 a.m. Based on the satellite, I’d bet Guanaja got a nice shower thisContinue reading “Jan. 8, 2022”

Jan. 7, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! This morning we have some high clouds moving in from the west, but it is unlikely they will bring any rain. Today should continue windy, with east winds 17-23 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter). The models are becoming less convinced we will have rain tonight andContinue reading “Jan. 7, 2022”

Jan. 6, 2022: Well, I feel pretty secure in saying there’s a chance of a passing shower this morning, since we are getting a light shower on Jonesville Point right now (at 8:30 a.m.). There are clouds moving in from the east so we will have a partly to mostly cloudy day, at least intoContinue reading “Jan. 6, 2022”

Jan. 5, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Most of us got a small shower around 3:30 this morning. Rain totals were generally between a tenth and two tenths of an inch. We will keep a very small chance of a scattered shower through the morning. Otherwise our calm winds will continue through the day. Seas areContinue reading “Jan. 5, 2022”

Jan. 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We got a nice dose of rain last night.West Bay .95 of an inchWest End 1.08Sandy Bay .57Coral View .66Pollitilly 1.08Jonesville Point .71Punta Blanca .85We will continue with a chance of a scattered shower through the day. Otherwise we will be partly cloudy with east winds 8-15 and seasContinue reading “Jan. 4, 2022”

Jan. 3, 2022: Good morning Roatan. This is the day we’ve been waiting for, the day with a chance of rain! As you can see in the map, our rain is only indirectly related to an approaching cold front. The front will stall to our north, from Cozumel to Chetumal. This will allow moisture toContinue reading “Jan. 3, 2022”

Jan 2, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Before I begin I want to express my thanks to the RECO crews who worked through the night to get our power back on after somebody ran into a concrete pole on the east side of the island. Working all night on a windy holiday can’t be fun, butContinue reading “Jan. 2, 2022”

Jan. 1, 2022: Our blustery conditions continue, and the wind will continue through today, with east winds at 20-25 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters) especially on the south side. Tomorrow winds should be a little lower, 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet (1 meter). Our chance of rain starts on Monday,Continue reading “Jan. 1, 2022”

Summary for December 2021, as well as summary for the year:We’re putting 7.12 inches of rain in the books for December. Most locations on the island got between 6.5 and 7.5 inches for the month. Most of it came in the first couple of days of the month or in the middle of the month.Continue reading “Weather summary for December and for 2021 as a whole”