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Oct. 15, 2021: Today I’m seeing about a foot of surf on the reef which is more than I’ve seen in a while. Today we should have winds in the 7-13 mph range, but starting tomorrow they will be even calmer. There’s virtually no chance of rain, but the chances will got up every dayContinue reading “Oct. 15, 2021”

Oct. 14, 2021: Yesterday around midday we got .05 of an inch in a quick downpour. We received a report that Flowers Bay also got a shower.Our weather will continue mostly calm and still with only a very small chance of you seeing any rain in your neighborhood. This weekend will have higher chances ofContinue reading “Oct. 14, 2021”

Oct. 12, 2021: The weather we’ve been having recently is why I always advise tourists to come in October. It is the calmest time of the year, making it easy to go boating, fishing, snorkeling and diving. This will be a week that well illustrates the advantage of visiting Roatan this month. We’ll have fairlyContinue reading “Oct. 12, 2021”

Oct. 11, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday afternoon we got a brief shower that gave us .02 of an inch of rain. Aside from an early morning shower yesterday in Sandy Bay, I could find no other recorded rain on the island.Today we have mild winds around 10 mph that should rise to 12-18 mphContinue reading “Oct. 11, 2021”

Oct. 10, 2021: Sandy Bay picked up .06 of an inch early this morning. Politilly got .32 of an inch around midday yesterday. Most of us stayed pretty dry.This week we’ll see fairly calm mornings with evening winds in the 10-15 mph range and seas getting up to 2 feet. There will only be aContinue reading “Oct. 10, 2021”

Oct. 9, 2021: No rain has been measured on the island since yesterday morning. Today we will have fairly calm winds and seas. Tonight we’ll have a small chance of rain, but after that things look pretty dry. Tomorrow will be calm as well. Winds should pick up on Monday into next week, but onlyContinue reading “Oct. 9, 2021”

Oct. 8, 2021: Rain totals for the last two days are as follows: West Bay – 2.1 inchesSandy Bay – 1.98Mud Hole – 2.06Coral View – 1.46Politilly – 1.07Lucy Point – 1.13Camp Bay – 1.8In the end, the models turned out to be pretty accurate. I doubted we would get as much rain yesterday asContinue reading “Oct. 8, 2021”

Oct. 7, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Most of us got between half an inch and three quarters of an inch of rain, much of it last night, though First Bight reported about an inch and a half. Utila checked in with .75 of an inch. Today rains will be more scattered, perhaps a 40 percentContinue reading “Oct. 7, 2021”

Oct. 6, 2021: The rain is on the way. It should start for most of us today, last through the night and into tomorrow. Most models forecast 1 to 2 inches over the next two days. Winds will be 5-10 mph this morning and 15-20 mph tonight and tomorrow. Seas are pretty calm this morning,Continue reading “Oct. 6, 2021”

We are still on schedule to have a tropical wave pass through Wednesday night into Thursday. The European model only wants to give us an inch, but the U.S. model is indicating two inches. My guess is some folks will be in between, but you know when you get under a tropical downpour, the inchesContinue reading “Oct. 5, 2021”