Jan. 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We got a nice dose of rain last night.West Bay .95 of an inchWest End 1.08Sandy Bay .57Coral View .66Pollitilly 1.08Jonesville Point .71Punta Blanca .85
We will continue with a chance of a scattered shower through the day. Otherwise we will be partly cloudy with east winds 8-15 and seas at 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter). Tomorrow we will have a chance of a morning shower, but otherwise a beautiful day with lower winds from the east at 3-7 mph, though seas are still forecast at 2 feet. Thursday and Friday the winds pick back up to 15-22 mph and seas back to 3-4 feet (1 to 1.3 meters) and there is very little chance of rain. Saturday morning a chance of a scattered shower returns. Otherwise the weekend will continue windy and wavy. The middle of next week is looking pretty wet right now. Have a great Tuesday!

Jan. 3, 2022: Good morning Roatan. This is the day we’ve been waiting for, the day with a chance of rain! As you can see in the map, our rain is only indirectly related to an approaching cold front. The front will stall to our north, from Cozumel to Chetumal. This will allow moisture to build in ahead of the front. Rain chances will be good from this afternoon through tomorrow morning. After the rain clears out Tuesday afternoon should be nice, with winds out of the east at 7-12 mph and seas down to 2 feet (.6 meters). Wednesday there will be a chance of a morning shower but after that partly cloudy with east winds 5-10 mph and seas still at 2 feet. Thursday winds will be back up to 15-20 mph. Friday through the weekend the trade winds return at 17-25 mph but right now there is also a small chance of a scattered shower through the weekend. Have a great week!

Jan 2, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Before I begin I want to express my thanks to the RECO crews who worked through the night to get our power back on after somebody ran into a concrete pole on the east side of the island. Working all night on a windy holiday can’t be fun, but you did it and I have power, so, thanks.

Those winds should start calming a bit today, back into the 15-20 mph range but seas will still be up around 4 feet (1.3 meters). We have some clouds moving in from our east that should bring us partly cloudy skies through the middle of the day. I think rain is unlikely, but never say never.

Tomorrow is our day with chances for rain, which should start after noon and continue through the night into Tuesday morning. Predicted totals continue to be light, between a half inch and an inch. Winds Monday and Tuesday should be 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters).

Right now Wednesday looks like the nicest day of the week, with little rain chance and winds 5-10 mph and seas at 2 feet. Thursday into the weekend should be mostly dry, but the winds return. Have a great Sunday!

Jan. 1, 2022: Our blustery conditions continue, and the wind will continue through today, with east winds at 20-25 mph and seas at 4 feet (1.3 meters) especially on the south side.

Tomorrow winds should be a little lower, 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet (1 meter).

Our chance of rain starts on Monday, especially in the afternoon and continues through Tuesday. Don’t expect a lot of rain or continuous rain, just more clouds and showers around. Most models give us between half an inch and an inch totals both Monday and Tuesday. After that it is back to drier weather for the rest of the week, though winds won’t be quite as brisk as they have been this past week.

Summary for December 2021, as well as summary for the year:We’re putting 7.12 inches of rain in the books for December. Most locations on the island got between 6.5 and 7.5 inches for the month. Most of it came in the first couple of days of the month or in the middle of the month. The last couple of weeks have been fairly dry. For the month we were five inches short of our December average of 12.52 inches and that put us low for the year. In 2021 we just under 79 inches of rain, 90 percent of our annual average of 87.5 inches. But our rainfall has not been this close to average in a long tim. Last year we got an above-normal 107 inches and in 2019 we had a drought with only 55 inches.

There wasn’t much out of the ordinary in 2021, with no tropical storms coming anywhere near us.

Normally January brings us 11.3 inches of rain, the last of the wet months before our normally dry period of February through September. Have a great year!

Dec. 31, 2021: Good morning, Roatan and happy College Football Playoff Day! Today we will continue sunny and windy, but the wind may be a little softer today, in the neighborhood of 12-17 mph. But the wind machine blows hard tomorrow with 20-25 mph. Seas will continue rough, especially on the south side. Clouds start building on Sunday before we get our best chance of rain in a while on Monday. That chance of rain continues into Tuesday morning. Monday and Tuesday the winds should be around 10-15 mph from the east. Have a great night and be careful. Potholes and drunk drivers are not a good combination. And by the way, Go Dawgs!!!!!!!

Dec. 30, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! Our winds here on Jonesville Point are down ever so slightly, into the 15-20 mph range instead of the 22-27 mph range. Looks like we’ll stay in that range, though Saturday looks a bit winder, back in the 22-27 mph range. Surf stays up in the 3-5 foot range, especially on the south side. Clouds will increast on Sunday and chances of showers will be good on Monday and Tuesday. Have a great Thursday!

Dec. 28, 2021: Trade winds are in full effect and we are feeling them here in Jonesville Point. We have been right around 20 mph pretty consistently.Those winds will continue and there is no major rain chance until Monday or Tuesday of next week. Seas will stay pretty choppy, especially on the southside.

Dec. 25, 2021: Good morning, Roatan! We got a nice, cool rain last night, and most locations on the island recorded between a quarter and a third of an inch of rain.
Today we have mostly fair-weather clouds overhead, so we will have only the slightest chance of a passing shower, with winds from the east/northeast at 7-12 mph and seas at 2 feet (.6 meters). Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with east winds 5-10 mph and seas at 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters). Monday morning there will be a small chance of showers, and that will be the best chance of showers we will have for the entire week. Next week will be TRW (Typical Roatan Weather) with brisk east winds, 3 foot seas and only a small chance of a passing shower.

This is a day a lot of folks are thinking about Jesus, so I thought I would share my favorite weather-related passage about the Christ. It comes from Mark 4:37-41: Now a great violent windstorm broke out, and the waves kept crashing into the boat, so that the boat was close to being swamped. … With that he got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea: “Hush! Be quiet!” And the wind abated, and a great calm set in. … And they said to one another: “Who really is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him.”

I cannot wait for God’s Kingdom to come and God’s will to be done on Earth. Then, Jesus will be God’s King and chief meteorologist. No more deadly storms like Eta and Iota. No more worries about climate change. Just perfect conditions as far as the eye can see. That will be the best weather forecast.

Dec. 24, 2021: Many of us got a chilly rain yesterday around 3:30 p.m. but totals were around .02 of an inch.
Today will be partly cloudy with calm winds and fairly calm seas. Tonight we will have a decent chance at showers. Tomorrow, after some morning showers, we should have a nice day with winds turning to the east at 5-10 mph. Sunday should also be nice with east winds 7-12 mph. Seas through the holiday weekend should be 1-3 feet (.3 to 1 meter). Sunday night into Monday morning we will have another decent chance of rain. Starting Monday and especially on Tuesday the easterly trade winds return bringing us TRW (Typical Roatan Weather) with east winds 15-20 mph, seas around 3 feet, heavier on the south side and a very low chance of a passing shower.