May 6, 2022: Good (late) morning, Roatan! No rain the last 24 hours as of 11 a.m. on the island. We are still windy and we will have one more windy day and night before things calm down a bit.

Today we will have partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies (and hot) with winds from the east 15-20 mph and 3 foot (1 meter) seas during the day and 20-30 mph winds and 5 foot (1.6 meter) seas overnight.

Tomorrow winds calm a bit to 7-12 mph and 2 foot (.6 meter) seas during the day and 12-17 mph winds and 3 foot (1 meter) seas at night. Sunday will be very similar to Saturday. The next decent chance of rain (probably around 40 percent) is Wednesday and Thursday.

Have a great Friday.

May 5, 2022: Good morning Roatan. We wake up to partly cloudy skies but no rain recorded on the island in the last 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. It has been windy. I got up to 29 mph on Jonesville Point last night.

Today and tomorrow we will continue with winds 15-17 mph during the day and 22-27 mph at night with seas 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and up to 5 feet (1.6 meters) at night.

This weekend winds should calm, with daytime winds from the east 8-13 mph and nighttime winds 17-22 mph. As we get into next week, we expect chances of overnight showers, though small, to be greater than they are this week. Have a great Thursday!

May 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The only rain recorded the last 24 hours on the island was .02 of an inch around 1:30 p.m. at Casa Blanca.

As you can see in the 7 a.m. satellite image there are some clouds around, especially east of the island, so we continue to keep only a very slight chance of a shower. We will continue with windy conditions, with east winds around 15 mph during the day and gusting to 25 mph at night and seas 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and 4 feet at night. Our general pattern is getting back into a time period when a pop up shower is possible any day or night. This week the chance is very low, maybe 10 percent, but next week it should be higher, around 30 percent each day.

Have a great Tuesday!

May 3, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Seems that most of the island got a shower around midnight that gave us between a tenth and a third of an inch.

This morning there are some clouds to our east, so I will keep a small chance of a stray shower in for the morning, otherwise partly cloudy in the morning and mostly sunny in the afternoon with east winds 12-17 mph gusting to 25 tonight.

Tuesday through Friday should be even gustier, with daytime winds around 20 mph and nighttime winds pushing 30 mph. Seas will be 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and up to 5 feet (1.6 meters) at night. Have a great Tuesday!

May 2, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We got .08 of an inch overnight and Politilly picked up a little over a quarter of an inch. Utila got .04 yesterday morning. No other online rain gauges picked up any rain. If you got some, make me know in comments.

There are some clouds off to our east, but nothing likely to bring rain today. Partly cloudy skies this morning will give way to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Winds will be from the east around 17 mph and seas around 3 feet (1 meter.).

Tonight we will have a small chance for a shower.

The rest of the week will follow a similar pattern, with some night being perhaps a bit windier. Have a great week!

Rainfall for April 2022. We are putting 2.98 inches in the books for April. The west side tended to get a bit less, more toward 2 inches. The east side got a bit more, with some locations getting over 3.5 inches. It was rainy by April standards. The month averages an inch and a half. But we were far from the record of 5.88 inches in 2018.

I received a message asking if there was a climatic explanation for having more than average rainfall. We are nearing the end of a La Nina cycle and I looked back at other La Nina years and could find no strong correlation between La Ninas and rain in April on Roatan.

May is usually another dry month, averaging nearly 3 inches. The first week looks to start out dry, so that is in keeping with the time of year. They always say dry weather is good for ripening mangoes, so lets hope we get a good crop this year!

May 1, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We wake up with some clouds around. Those clouds will give us a small chance of a passing shower this morning and an even greater chance of a shower overnight tonight. Otherwise, winds will continue from the east at 15-20 mph.

Starting tomorrow, winds will pick up to around 20 mph during the day and 25 mph at night. Seas will be 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter), getting up to around 4 feet (1.3 meters) in the evenings by the end of the week. This week rain chances will be very low and what chance we do have will be at night. Have a great Sunday!

April 29, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Last night about 9 p.m. Coral View picked up .34 of an inch, but we were the big winners in Jonesville Point with half an inch.

Today will be mostly sunny with east winds 10-15 mph, gusting toward 25 mph tonight. Seas will be 2 feet (.6 meters) during the day and 4 feet (1.3 meters) tonight.

The weekend looks nice, with east winds 12-17 mph during the day and 17-22 mph at night and seas 2-3 feet. Sunday night into Monday will be our best chance of seeing a shower. Other than that, the first week of May looks mostly sunny with moderate trade winds. Have a great Friday!

April 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The system finally brought a little rain between yesterday afternoon and early this morning. West Bay got .08 of an inch around 8 p.m., Sandy Bay got .33 of an inch in the afternoon and through the night, Coral View got half an inch, Punta Blanca got .07, Politilly struck out, and we got .09 here in Jonesville Point.

Most of the rain is now well to our west, but we can’t rule out a stray shower today, especially in the morning hours. Winds will be fairly calm around 5 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters). Altogether, today will be a very nice day.

After a small chance of a shower overnight tonight, tomorrow winds will be from the east 10-15 mph, getting up to 20 mph Friday night. The weekend looks very nice, with moderate winds and 3 foot seas. Next week should turn windier. Have a great Thursday!

April 27, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We are starting out the day dry and sunny. The SOL site in Sandy Bay got a third of an inch last night and West Bay, Punta Blanca and Politilly got a few hundredths of an inch last night. Other locations stayed dry the last 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m.

There is still a decent chance of rain today and tonight. Winds will be from the east/northeast at 8-15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters).

Rain chances are a little lower tomorrow and tomorrow night, perhaps 40 percent. Winds will be calmer, 5-10 mph during the day and 15 mph at night, with seas 1-2 feet.

Friday we will have a chance of a morning shower and winds will pick up to 10-15 mph during the day and 15-20 mph at night.

The weekend and next week look typical for this time of year, with sunny skies and winds 10-20 mph. Have a great Wednesday!