Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Fran Cruz taken from Las Palmas looking toward the airport. Like in this photo we have some high, hazy clouds, and speaking of haze
The latest air quality numbers are not terrible, especially for northern Honduras, but they are worse than last week, and we are starting a very dry period of weather. There is very little if any rain in the forecast for the next two weeks, and our trade winds are picking up out of the east. (for the next week we will have 15 mph daytime east winds with 3 foot seas and 15-20 mph nighttime east winds and 4 foot seas.) I’ll keep an eye especially on Mosquitia on the northeast coast, because that is where our smoke comes from, but over the next two weeks we should keep on the watch for increasing smoke. Have a great Sunday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from David Brown at Half Moon Bay. We are now in true dry season with no real chance of rain over the next week. I can’t completely rule out someone getting a stray shower somewhere, but we are generally going to be dry for the foreseeable future. Winds are 10-15 mph out of the east this morning and seas 2-3 feet Southside. Tomorrow and Saturday will be a bit calmer with daytime winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. We get windier and wavier next week with trade winds. Have a great Thursday!
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Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day could be titled Psalm 19:1 and it comes from Leo Weiss in Punta Blanca. We’ve had plenty of clouds and a few morning showers today, with about a tenth of an inch common across the islands. That’s after some of us got half an inch yesterday. We’ll keep a chance of rain through midday today and partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. Tomorrow we have a chance of a morning shower (though a smaller chance than today or yesterday). After that the forecast really looks dry.
Wind and wave forecast: We are quite calm today, with northeast winds 10 mph and seas about 1 foot. We should stay pretty calm through tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon we should get to 15 mph east winds and 2 foot seas. Thursday looks a little wavier at 3 feet, but then Friday and Saturday we get calm again.
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Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Regina Alpaugh and shows sunset at Punta Gorda. We are mostly sunny today with typical east winds and 3 foot seas, but Monday and Tuesday we have better chances of morning showers and calmer winds and seas.
On satellite at 7:45 a.m. we see a few clouds, mostly to our north and east, moving west. Very little chance of rain today, but rain chances get better tonight into Monday morning, then again Tuesday morning. Probably nothing serious, but we’re getting to where we could use the rain. Temperatures at the airport are giving us highs around 87 and lows around 80, so maybe a little rain would cool us off a little.
This is the time of year we start worrying about smoke from farmers on the mainland burning off their fields. Smoke monitors show most of that is going on on the southern end of Honduras right now and the northern side, which would give us our smoke, is pretty calm. We’ve had enough rain that this should be a better fire season than most. Let’s hope.
This is the perfect time of year to set up your excursion with Jolly Roger Roatan. We get lots of calls about beach weddings and if that is your dream, the next few months are great times to plan your wedding, much better than December or January when you will likely get rained on.
ood morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from our old buddy Jeff Bodin with sunset on West Bay. We had quite a few showers yesterday morning, especially mid-island and east side, with some locations getting over half an inch. We also have clouds and a few showers this morning.
At 6 a.m. we have some clouds and showers, especially to the east. Guanaja has picked up a third of an inch as of 6 a.m. These clouds are slowly moving west. We’ll keep a chance of showers through the morning, but again nothing major and most of our day should be dry. Winds and seas are quite mild, from the east at 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Winds should pick up a bit this evening to 15 mph and seas 2-3 feet and remain there through the weekend. Have a great Friday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Daun Weiss, who captured this midmorning shower yesterday, good for .05 of an inch for Punta Blanca and Diamond Rock. We will see more morning rain chances, especially tomorrow through Tuesday.
We see a few popcorn clouds on 7:30 a.m. satellite and a couple of locations got a small shower this morning. We’ll be mostly sunny today, but we will continue to see morning popcorn showers the next three days. Not all of us will get one, but some of us will get a quick downpour. Other than that we will be mostly sunny and winds will start to pick up a little. This morning we are at 10 mph east winds and most of us have 1-2 foot seas, though with wave action coming from the northeast, Camp Bay is probably more like 2-3 feet. Winds will continue from the east 10 mph and 2 foot seas days and 15 mph and 3 foot seas evenings and overnights. Have a great weekend!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Becky Garver Rance and shows our delightful island hummers at sunset at Turtle Beach.
Our weather continues to be delightful with almost flat calm conditions, very unusual for April. Will that continue?
On satellite at 7 a.m. we can see some clouds moving in on Utila from the north. Radar shows a few showers in there, but mostly to the west of Utila, but it isn’t impossible for Utila to get a quick shower and West Bay should see a few more clouds, but most of the day should be mostly sunny and dry. We will remain calm today with a southwest breeze at 5 mph turning to the north at 10 mph by evening and seas 0-1 foot. We get slightly breezier tomorrow with a daytime southeast wind at 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet and overnight wind at 15 mph. Those winds will be the same through the weekend. Our rain chances go up a bit this weekend, but rain totals shouldn’t be high.
On satellite at 7 a.m. we can see some clouds moving in on Utila from the north. Radar shows a few showers in there, but mostly to the west of Utila, but it isn’t impossible for Utila to get a quick shower and West Bay should see a few more clouds, but most of the day should be mostly sunny and dry. We will remain calm today with a southwest breeze at 5 mph turning to the north at 10 mph by evening and seas 0-1 foot. We get slightly breezier tomorrow with a daytime southeast wind at 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet and overnight wind at 15 mph. Those winds will be the same through the weekend. Our rain chances go up a bit this weekend, but rain totals shouldn’t be high.
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Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Cesar Gonzalez Sr., and shows the hills midland east of Pristine Bay. We have gorgeous weather today and tomorrow. If you have a chance, get out on the seas. Once those trade winds start back late this week, you won’t get seas this calm for awhile.
We have clear skies overhead with not many popcorn clouds out there. Rain chances are really close to none through Friday. The big story is the wind, which is registering 2-4 knots, or less than 5 mph at the airport, almost dead calm. That means great days on the seas, but it also makes our highs in the mid-80s feel pretty hot. Our winds will pick up a little Thursday and Friday evenings, though the daytimes will still be pretty calm. The trade winds return this weekend into early next week.
Congratulations to Becky Welter, the winner of the March photo of the month contest and an excursion with Jolly Roger Roatan on a regular cruise day.
Many thanks to the Quiggs over at Jolly Roger Roatan for sponsoring the contest. Whichever way the wind is blowing, they always know where to find a calm place on the reef for the best snorkeling around.
Not only is the weather mild, the tides are mild as well. Have a great Tuesday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dalton McCoole and shows net fishing near Camp Bay Beach. Our skies are mostly clear and the main story is going to be calmer winds, starting today around 10 mph and turning to the northeast with 2 foot seas and getting even calmer tomorrow and Wednesday at about 5 mph and 1 foot seas with very little chance of any rain. Winds turn back to the east starting Thursday into the weekend, but even then, it won’t be too bad, with 10-15 mph east winds. Have a great week!
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We record 4.04 inches from Sandy Bay for the month of March, and that was about average across the islands, though there was a wide range of totals, with a few locations only getting about an inch and a half, and a few others getting over 5 inches. Overall it’s been a wet start to dry season and a few of us have already gotten half an inch in April, the driest month of them all with an average of 1.5 inches. Our forecast for the first half of April is fairly dry, but there are some morning rain chances, so I feel confident that we will surpass our April average rainfall.
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