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Oct. 27, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Winds are nice and calm and skies are clear and it should continue that way, probably through Monday. Saturday night into Sunday there is about a 40 percent chance of rain and that is the only decent chance for the next five days. Then we watch the tropics. MoreContinue reading “Oct. 27, 2022”

On our satellite this morning, we can see tropical moisture in a familiar place, off the coast of northern South America, very similar to where Hurricane Ian and so many other hurricanes we have to worry about come from. This time there is a front drawn in yellow that these storms are going to mergeContinue reading “Tropical update for Oct. 26, 2022”

ood morning, Roatan! We wake up with winds 10-15 mph and seas at 3 feet on the south side. Winds will be around 10 mph today and seas at 2 feet under clear skies. Winds and seas should be even calmer tomorrow, around 5 mph and 1 foot. Those conditions continue at least through theContinue reading “Oct. 26, 2022”

The National Hurricane Center has marked out an area where tropical development is possible off the north coast of Venezuela, shown by the green arrow. There is a lot of disagreement among the computers as to what will happen with this system, or if anything at all will happen. The US GFS shows rapid development,Continue reading “Oct. 25, 2022 Tropical update”

Oct. 24, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday, mostly in the morning, we got .15 of an inch at Jonesville Point, and Coral View got a similar amount. Sandy Bay picked up .75 of an inch, West End 1.6 inches and West Bay nearly an inch. This morning we awake to clear skies and calm windsContinue reading “Oct. 24, 2022”

Good morning, Roatan! Overnight West Bay and West End each picked up half an inch of rain, Sandy Bay got a little rain, and places to the east of that stayed mostly dry, though here on Jonesville Point we got .02 of an inch. Based on the satellite images, I would guess Guanaja got someContinue reading “Oct. 23, 2022”

Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday afternoon we got a rainy, cool, island autumn day! We were in the mid-70s and we got rainfall totals between half an inch and an inch and a half, adding to what we had already gotten. This morning the clouds and rain are to our east and mostly moving away fromContinue reading “Oct. 22, 2022”

Oct. 21, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Today and tonight are forecast to be the rainiest and windiest 24 hours of our norther. As you can see in the satellite, there is good rain north of us and it is moving toward the southeast. Seas are already 2-3 feet on the north side and should pickContinue reading “Oct. 21, 2022”

Good morning. As you can see from radar, there is rain around, especially north and west of Roatan. As of 7 a.m. Utila has picked up .75 of an inch. Yesterday a little after noon West End picked up an inch of rain and Sandy Bay 2-2.5 inches in a downpour. Today we will beContinue reading “Oct. 20, 2022”

Oct. 19, 2022: Good morning Roatan. Our Norther is getting closer. In advance of the front you can see an area of clouds and showers just to the west of Utila this morning. That should move east during the day. We will have increasing clouds and an increasing chance of a shower during the dayContinue reading “Oct. 19, 2022”