July 17, 2022

July 17, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! It’s been dry and pretty hot, with temperatures getting close to 90, but my home in Oklahoma will hit 109 today and 112 Tuesday, so I’m not complaining.

Today should be mostly sunny, with winds 10-15 mph during the day and 15-20 mph at night with 3 foot (1 meter) seas. We have a 20 percent chance of an overnight shower tonight.

Tomorrow will be a bit windier, with daytime winds 15-20 mph and nighttime winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet (1 to 1.3 meters). There is a better chance of rain Monday night into Tuesday, around 50 percent. Throughout next week we should have moderate winds in the 15-20 mph range and seas 3-4 feet. Chances of rain go up Friday into Saturday. Have a great Sunday!

July 16, 2022

July 16, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We stayed dry yesterday and should stay dry today. Today looks to be a beautiful day, if a bit cloudy. We will have partly to mostly cloudy skies today but very little chance of rain. Winds will be from the east 10-15 and seas at 1-2 feet (.3-.6 meters).

Tomorrow we should be mostly sunny with winds at 10 mph during the day and getting up to 20 mph Sunday night. There will be a small chance of rain Sunday night.

Monday into Tuesday we have a decent shot at seeing some rain, perhaps 50/50 through the period. Winds should be up a little, into the 20 mph range. Have a great weekend!

July 15, 2022

Dust forecast in the upper levels of the atmosphere for today and tomorrow.

July 15, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We had a dry day yesterday and chances are we will continue dry. We have seen hazy skies and the image here explains why. We are in the middle of a wave of Saharnan dust that will keep our skies hazy, but that should improve tomorrow. Winds have also calmed a bit from the blustery days we’ve had the past couple of days. Winds today will be 15-20 mph from the east/northeast with seas at 2 feet (.6 meters) and tomorrow they will be 10-15 mph with seas at 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters). Chances of rain will be small both days, but perhaps a little better (30 percent) on Sunday night and around 40 percent Monday night. Have a great Friday!

July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We’ve had a somewhat cloudy and windy 24 hours ending 7 a.m., but we’ve all stayed dry. This morning there are some showers to our east and north, but those will decrease as the day goes on. We can’t rule out a stray shower during the day and especially in the afternoon hours. But otherwise, at least until the weekend, we will probably stay dry, and even then, the chances of rain aren’t great.

Today and tomorrow will continue windy, with daytime winds 20-25 mph and 4 foot (1.3 meter) seas and nighttime winds 25-30 mph and 5 foot (1.6 meter) seas. Winds will calm to 15-20 mph Friday into the weekend. Best chance of rain right now looks to be Sunday. Have a great Wednesday!

July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022: Good morning Roatan. After that squall yesterday morning, most of us stayed dry the rest of the day and through last night. We’re going to see a trend of staying on the windy and dry side of things for the next few days.

Today will be partly to mostly cloudy with daytime winds at 15 mph from the east and seas at 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter) and nighttime winds 20-25 mph and seas at 3-4 feet (1 to 1.3 meters). Overnight rain chances will be low, around 20 percent.

Tomorrow and Thursday look a bit windier, with daytime easterlies around 20-25 mph and seas at 3 feet and nighttime winds 25-30 mph and seas at 4 feet. Rain chances will stay low through the period.

As we get into Friday and Saturday, winds should calm a bit to 15 mph during the day and 20 mph at night. Rain chance stay low and mostly at night. Have a great Tuesday!

July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! That was quite a storm we experienced in the early morning hours. I got a peak gust of 38 mph and a third of an inch, but many folks got much more, including .72 of an inch for West End and over an inch for Camp Bay and Punta Blanca.

The storm is mostly north of us now, with a lot of clouds to our east. We should stay partly to mostly cloudy today with a chance of a shower, especially in the morning. You may have noticed we are having extreme low tides around midday, about 4 inches lower than our average lowest tide. Winds today will be 15-20 mph and seas 2 feet (.6 meters) and nighttime winds 20-25 mph with 3 foot seas. We will again have a chance of overnight showers.

Tomorrow looks a little windier than today, with Wednesday and Thursday being quite windy, with daytime winds 20-25 mph and nighttime winds 25-30 mph. As we get toward the weekend, that should calm back to 15 mph days and 20 mph nights. Each night expect about a 30 percent chance of rain. It’s that time of year. Have a great week.

July 10, 2022

July 10, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Most of the island got a nice spritz of rain about 4 a.m. The big winner was Punta Blanca with .41 of an inch. Most of the rest of us east side and mid-island got a little over a tenth of an inch, Sandy Bay got a few hundredths and West Bay and West End missed out on the fun.

The rest of today should be partly cloudy to mostly sunny with east winds around 15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters). Tonight we will have a decent chance of an evening shower and east winds 20 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter).

Tomorrow should be a little windier, with daytime winds around 20 mph, especially in the afternoon and seas getting to 3 feet in the afternoon. The chance of rain is smaller, perhaps 20 percent. As we get toward the middle of the week, things should get windier, with nighttime winds getting up toward 30 mph. Rain chances will stay around 30 percent each day. Have a great Sunday!

July 9, 2022

July 9, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Some of us got a good dose of rain, both in the morning and with a downpour in the mid-afternoon. Politilly got an inch and a half, Punta Blanca and Coral View got an inch and I got over half an inch here on Jonesville Point. On the west side, Sandy Bay got just under half an inch, West End got a quarter of an inch and West Bay only picked up .04 of an inch.

This morning we have some low clouds and on radar is looks like a bit of rain over Barbarat, so perhaps the far east end of the island could get some rain around 7 a.m. We’re looking for a pretty nice day with moderate east winds 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters). The chance of rain today should be smaller overall than yesterday.

Tomorrow will be a little windier than today, with east winds at 15-20 mph and seas at 2-3 feet. Tomorrow night there is a bit of a higher chance of rain, perhaps 50/50, that will continue into Monday morning.

Next week looks windier than this week, with evening winds getting up to 25 mph and even 30 mph around midweek.

Have a great weekend!

July 7, 2022

July 7, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We’ve had a little more wind than we had been having. I got up to 28 mph yesterday afternoon. Today should be a little calmer, with east/northeast winds at 15 mph and seas 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter).

There is a small chance of a passing shower today, but a bit better chance tomorrow evening into Saturday morning, perhaps 50 percent. Winds will continue in the 15 mph range through Monday, when our next chance of widespread rain comes. Have a great Thursday!

July 6, 2022

July 6, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Some of us on the east side got a small bit of rain in the early morning hours, no more than a few hundredths of an inch. The west side dried out after the morning rains. Clouds hung around yesterday, which made the afternoon temperatures quite satisfactory.

Today we should see more sun, but also a bit more wind. Winds will be from the east at 15 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter). Winds tonight will be 20-25 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters). There will be only a very small chance of rain.

Winds tomorrow will be from the east/northeast around 15 mph through the day and in into tomorrow night with seas at 2 feet (.6 meters) and a small chance of a shower, especially in the morning.

Friday looks similar, with perhaps a better chance of rain Friday night into Saturday morning. We’re still looking for a wave of moisture in the Monday/Tuesday timeframe next week. Have a great Wednesday.