Jan 8, 2022: Good morning Roatan! There have been scattered showers about the island. About 3:30 this morning the east side picked up about a tenth of an inch. Sandy Bay is picking up a small shower as I write at 7:30 a.m. Based on the satellite, I’d bet Guanaja got a nice shower this morning.

There will be a small chance of a scattered shower this morning, but otherwise partly cloudy. Winds will pick up in the afternoon back toward 20 mph and seas at 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter).

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and windy, with east winds 17-25 mph and seas at 3 feet.

Monday we will have increasing clouds as a cold front gets closer, but the rain will be scattered. Tuesday the rain chances will be better and Wednesday through Thursday morning looks like the best chances of consistent rain. Winds will be from the north but very light through the period, so even with the rain it may be a good time to get out on the sea. Have a great weekend!

Jan. 7, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! This morning we have some high clouds moving in from the west, but it is unlikely they will bring any rain. Today should continue windy, with east winds 17-23 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter).

The models are becoming less convinced we will have rain tonight and tomorrow morning, so we will lower the chance of rain to 40 percent. We will still have clouds around tomorrow. Winds will continue strong at 15-25 mph and seas at 3 feet.

Sunday will be sunny with winds 15-20 mph and seas at 2-3 feet. Monday the weather starts changing as a cold front approaches from the north. Winds will lower to 10-15 mph and there will be scattered showers.

Tuesday should be quite calm, but rainy, and showers will continue off and on through the week as the cold front stalls near us. Have a great Friday!

Jan. 6, 2022: Well, I feel pretty secure in saying there’s a chance of a passing shower this morning, since we are getting a light shower on Jonesville Point right now (at 8:30 a.m.). There are clouds moving in from the east so we will have a partly to mostly cloudy day, at least into the afternoon. Winds will be from the east at 17-25 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter).

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with increasing clouds in the afternoon. East winds will be 17-22 mph and seas at 2-3 feet (.6 to 1 meter).

Tomorrow night into Saturday morning there will be a decent chance of showers. Winds will continue 17-22 but seas will be 3-4 feet (1-1.3 meters).

Sunday will be sunny and breezy.Monday the winds start calming and the rain chances start going up. Those rain chances continue through midweek next week as a cold front should stall over us or just to our north.Have a great Thursday!

Jan. 5, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Most of us got a small shower around 3:30 this morning. Rain totals were generally between a tenth and two tenths of an inch. We will keep a very small chance of a scattered shower through the morning. Otherwise our calm winds will continue through the day. Seas are calmer than we’ve seen them in awhile and will stay 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters).

Tomorrow the winds returns with 15-20 mph east winds staying with us through the weekend. There will be small chances of overnight showers through the weekend, but the best chance will be on Saturday morning. The next good wave of rain comes midweek next week starting on Tuesday. Have a great Wednesday!

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!!!!!!!