March 11, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Another windy morning in the islands!

Today will be another windy day and night, with daytime winds from the east at 15-20 mph and nighttime winds 20-25 mph. Seas will be choppy at 3-5 feet (1 to 1.6 meters).

Tomorrow should be much calmer, as winds shift to the west 5-10 mph and seas calm a bit down to 2 feet (.6 meters) by afternoon.

Sunday is the day we will have a decent chance of rain. Most of us should see some sort of rain, but models don’t give us a whole lot, anywhere between a quarter to half an inch in most cases, so don’t expect an all-day rain. Winds will be east-northeast at 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters).

Rain chances continue into Monday morning, but by late morning, the rain should have moved out and we will be back to 15-20 mph east winds and mostly clear skies. I’m seeing a little return of moisture for Thursday next week, but that rain chance will be relatively small. Have a great Friday!

March 10, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We’re still in the midst of windy days and even windier nights with clear skies.

Those conditions will continue today and tomorrow, with east winds 12-17 mph during the day and 20-25 mph at night with 2-3 foot (.6 to 1 meter) seas during the day and 4-5 foot seas (1.3 to 1.6 meters) at night.

Saturday we start to get relief from the wind with 10 mph winds shifting to the west and 1-2 foot seas (.3 to .6 meters).

Sunday we see our chance of rain that will last into Monday morning. Most of the models do not give us a great deal of rain, maybe a quarter of an inch, but some give us 1-2 inches.

Have a great Thursday!

March 9, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! At 7:30 a.m. we have some broken clouds in the sky, which is more clouds than we had at any point yesterday. We expect them to clear out and blue skies to return. We’ll have east winds 12-17 mph and seas 2-3 feet (.6 to1 meter) and gusting to 25 mph tonight with 4 foot seas (1.3 meters). Thursday and Friday we may have periods of calmer winds, but for the most part, they will stay 12-17 during the day and 20-25 at night.

Saturday winds should calm a bit in advance of the cool front that comes Sunday. Models continue to be very conservative on the amount of rain we will get from this system, but overall, next week looks like we will have chances of rain, as opposed to this week where we have almost no chance. Have a great Wednesday!

March 8, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. Not many clouds the last 24 hours, and there won’t be many in the next 24 hours.

Winds today will continue from the east 12-17 mph and 2-3 foot seas (.6 to 1 meter) during the day and 20-25 mph winds at night and 3-4 foot seas (1 to 1.3 meters).

The weather will be much the same tomorrow. Winds Thursday and Friday may calm a bit, down to 7-12 mph during the day and seas to 2 feet.

The computer models this morning are not as certain about rain this weekend. Most of the models still give us some, but the totals are much lighter than they were yesterday. That’s bad news for my water cistern. We’ll keep an eye on it. Have a good Tuesday!

March 7, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We start out today with a return of our winds. We are around 15 mph here on the south side with seas around 2 feet (.6 meters). Skies are clear.

We will continue with mostly sunny skies and winds from the east 12-17 mph and gusting to 20 mph overnight. Seas will generally be 2 feet (.6 meters) by day and 3 feet (1 meter) overnight.

We are still watching a potentially strong cold front set to come through Saturday night or Sunday. Some models are giving us strong north winds and potentially heavy rains out of this system, though it is still a ways off. Long-range forecasts also give us a second norther on March 21. We’ll keep an eye on them. Have a great week!

March 6, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Those clouds we saw yesterday gave us a few sprinkles, but nothing more than .06 of an inch anywhere on the island about 11:30 a.m. This morning around 6 a.m. a few of us midisland got a spot of rain, with .07 recorded in Sandy Bay.

The week ahead looks like we will have moderate east winds 10-15 mph during the day and 2-3 foot waves, with gustier conditions at night 15-20 mph and 3-4 foot waves. It is always possible to get a brief pop-up shower, especially in the overnights and early mornings, but we will stay mostly dry.

Our next system still looks good to come in from the north on the 14th, and the long-range forecast is trying to give us another one for the 21st. That is still a long way off, so things can change, but this is awful late in the year to be getting northers. Have a great Sunday!

March 5, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We’ve had a gorgeous 24 hours and the wife and I were lured in for a snorkel yesterday. Beautiful creation!

This morning, as of 8 a.m., we have a wave of clouds moving in from the east. At least the northern part of these clouds shows up on radar as some showers, so I have to give us a small chance of rain this morning, perhaps 30 percent chance of a passing shower.

Otherwise we will have east winds at 5-10 mph and seas at 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters).

Tomorrow will be sunny with east winds 5-10 in the morning, but getting up to 10-15 in the afternoon, with seas at 2 feet (.6 meters).

Monday will be continued sunny with winds 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet during the day and 15-20 mph at night, with seas at 3 feet.

Next week winds will be moderate for around here, mostly 10-15 mph during the day and gusty at night, but the forecast is for mostly clear skies. We are still watching a possible system for March 13,14. Have a great weekend!

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March 4, 2022: Good morning Roatan! If you ever wanted a day of perfect Roatan weather, it would be today. We started off quite cool, 70 degrees or even a bit less, and we will have calm winds and seas and clear skies.

Tomorrow will start out the same, though toward evening winds will pick up to 10 mph from the northeast and seas will pick up to 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters)

Sunday, winds will be from the east at 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet.

Monday winds will be 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet.

Winds through next week look to be in the 10-15 mph range. We’re still watching our next rainmaker for around the 13th. Have a great Friday and get out on the water!

Rainfall report for February 2022: We are recording 11.04 inches of rain for the month, and that was about average across the island. This was well above the average for February, which is 5.43 inches. We are now entering typically the driest stretch of the year, the time when the weather dries and allows the mangoes to mature. The average rainfall for march is 3.33 inches, and the 5.88 we got in 2018 is the MOST EVER RECORDED IN MARCH! That means that there is very little chance of a very wet March. Our next decent chance of rain comes mid-month, so that may hold true this March as well. This is always a good time to encourage those who have an interest to put out a rain gauge and let me know what you get, or better yet get an electronic gauge and post online, to Wunderground or elsewhere. It really helps us get a good idea what’s going on around the Bay Islands, and thanks to all who regularly text me your totals. Keep them coming!

March 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Most of us got a little rain yesterday. On the low end a few of us only picked up a few hundredths of an inch, but a few also got over half an inch.

We are done with rain for a little while. Today through Saturday we will have gorgeous conditions, especially if you want to get out on the water. Winds today will be from the east/northeast around 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters).

Tomorrow and Saturday winds will be light and variable and seas 1 foot and perhaps dead calm at times.

Sunday the winds get up in the 10-15 mph range and seas at 2-3 feet.

Our next rain chance looks to be around the 14th or 15th when another system is forecast, but that is a long way off and things could change. Have a great Thursday!