April 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! There is a system over El Salvador that is throwing a few high clouds our way, but mostly we will stay sunny and windy, with daytime winds 17-22 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter) and nighttime winds 22-27 mph and seas at 5 feet (1.6 meters). Those conditions will continue through Thursday.

Friday winds should moderate in advance of a cold front, which will turn winds to the northeast and give us chances of rain Friday night through Saturday and into Sunday morning. Have a great week!

April 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Today is the day that may be slightly less windy that the rest of the week, with east winds at 15 mph and seas at 2 (.6 meters) feet and nighttime winds at 20 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters).

Tomorrow we will be back to 20 mph winds during the day and up to 30 mph at night. Saturday still looks promising for some rain. Have a great Sunday!

Rainfall for March 2022. This March is officially the rainiest March since our records start in 1994. We recorded 9.96 inches, which is three times the prior average of 3.33 inches. The addition of this month actually raised the average March rainfall to 3.56 inches. Looking ahead, April is traditionally the driest month of the year, with an average of 1.44 inches. In 2011 and 2020 we recorded absolutely no rain in April on the island. We should get some next weekend, so our trend of wetter than average weather should continue.

April 2, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Since our weather is pretty boring, I thought I would talk about one thing that is happening in our weather — wind! Sometimes we will give a forecast for 20 mph winds and someone will comment that it seems much calmer where they are. Occasionally we get the opposite, someone who says it seems gustier than the forecast. I am posting the wind forecast for 2 a.m. Tuesday. It’s supposed to be pretty windy, but you will notice that it will be windier on the east side of the island than on the west side. That is because landforms protect against wind, and when we have a southeast wind (the most common kind here) the east side has less protection from the mainland. When wind has nothing but sea to blow over, it can get very windy. Also, if your location is protected by a large hill, you can stay quite calm. Where we lived on Lucy Point, we were protected from the east wind, so it was hardly ever more than 10 mph at our location, unless we were experiencing a west wind. When we give a windy forecast, we give it for unprotected areas, generally near the sea. Official forecasts are usually for wind speeds at a height of 10 meters.

That being said, today looks pretty windy, with east winds 20-25 mph, but tomorrow looks a bit calmer, with east winds 12-17 mph. As always with east winds, they will be calmer on the north and west sides of the island, and closer to the prediction on the south and east ends of the island. Next week looks sunny and windy, with a chance of rain coming next weekend. Have a great weekend.

April 1, 2022: Welcome to April. Things are already getting hot. The airport got up 88 (31C) degrees yesterday and Utila has gotten to 90 (32C) degrees today. Winds have been up, especially on the south side. My new weather station will be on the island Wednesday, so I will be able to get accurate wind speeds on the south side, but the airport got up to 25 mph last night and is registering 15 mph through the middle of the day. Those conditions will continue through the week. The long range forecast still shows rain arriving Saturday evening the 9th. We’ll keep an eye on it.

March 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Abundant sunshine continues. Winds will be from the east/southeast 10-15 through the middle of the day with 3 foot (1 meter) waves and gusty at night 20-25 mph and 5 foot waves (1.6 meters). As we go through the weekend, winds will calm a bit, especially on Sunday when east/northeast winds will be 5-10 mph. Have a great Thursday!

March 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Goodbye rain, hello wind! Daytime winds at 20 mph and nighttime winds to 30 mph with seas at 3 feet (1 meter) during the day and up to 5 feet (1.6 meters) at night. Skies will be partly cloudy today, but should be sunny the rest of the week into the weekend. Next rain chance looks to be around April 9. Have a great Wednesday!

March 29, 2022: Good morning Roatan. The east side is getting a decent shower at 7 a.m. Punta Blanca already has over half an inch for today. Most locations got between half an inch and an inch in the period after 7 a.m. yesterday. The 7 a.m. radar shows what is likely the last wave of rain out of this system. There will be chances of rain, especially through the morning. Clouds should decrease this afternoon and the easterly trade winds return. They will gust to 30 mph overnight creating 5 foot (1.6 meter) seas. That cycle will repeat (15-20 mph winds during the day, 20-30 mph at night) for the next week. Next rain system in the long-range forecast is around April 9. Have a great week!

March 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The area between Sandy Bay and Coral View got 2-3 inches of rain yesterday, while over here on the east side, totals have been right around 1 inch. Rain should start diminishing today and winds should start picking up from the east tonight. The chance of rain will continue through tomorrow morning. After that we dry out for the rest of the week. Have a great week!

March 27, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Our rain totals the last 24 hours have ranged from a relatively light .18 in Punta Blanca on the east side of the island to almost an inch near Sandy Bay to about 2 inches in West Bay.

The next 24 hours look to be even more rainy, with estimates of rain ranging from 2 inches in the US model to about 4 in the Euro. Winds will continue from the northeast at 12-17 mph and seas at 3 feet especially on the north side. Tomorrow most of the rain should be in the morning, with partly cloudy skies in the afternoon and winds turning to the east at 15-20 mph and seas at 3 feet, but mostly on the south side.

Tuesday we will have a small chance of a morning shower, but after that we turn back to windy and dry conditions for the rest of the week. Have a great Sunday.