Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jimmy Andrade who caught the rain coming in yesterday evening to La Sirena de Camp Bay, Restaurant & Bar. A few locations picked up a third of an inch yesterday evening, but the big story is the thunderstorm we are getting this morning, moving very slowly from west to east across our islands and giving up between an inch and 2 inches by 7 a.m. and more on the way.

This is the radar from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. and show the approach of the thunderstorm. You can see numerous lightning strikes are recorded

Here is the infrared satellite from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. You can see deep red, which indicated very high cloud tops supporting this storm. It is moving slowly and also rebuilding on its western side, so it is hard to say how long it will take to get out of here. This morning we will definitely have periods of heavy downpours with lightning. I think this afternoon we should see less rain, though I can’t rule it out. Rain gets heavier again this evening through tomorrow morning. There is a decent chance of rain throughout the day tomorrow. Tuesday morning we may again see showers, but Tuesday afternoon we begin to clear things up and Wednesday through the weekend looks dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning most of us are seeing 15 mph west winds with seas around 3 feet. The wind direction forecast is a little tricky because we are close to the center of a low pressure system, so we will say winds will be light and variable, except in squalls where we may see gusty winds. Seas should calm to around 2 feet, except when they are stirred up by squalls. Tuesday we will see winds turn back to the east at a typical 15 mph and 3 foot seas, stronger in the evenings, into the weekend.

Lowest tide is 2:40 p.m. Be careful out there and have a great Sunday!

Sorry for being so late with April rainfall. We had a pretty good month. In what is normally the driest month of the year at around an inch and a half, we record almost three and a half inches, so three times normal rain. 3.43 inches was about average across the big island of Roatan and Guanaja. Utila got a couple of huge downpours earlier in April, so they got 10 inches. May is normally the second driest month at about 2 and a half inches. We have hopes for some rain Sunday through Tuesday morning. Even though I’m not buying the idea that we are in danger of a tropical storm later this month, it does look like there will be more moisture than normal, so I think we have a good shot at a wetter than normal May.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Daniel Rice and show storm clouds gathering over Brady’s Cay in April. We will see storm clouds rolling in Sunday into Monday. Don’t forget you have a chance at an excursion valued at $100 complete with lunch and adult beverages (if you are an adult) from Jolly Roger Roatan. Send photos with location and photographer’s name to bookmybio@gmail.com.

Today and tomorrow we will have mostly sunny skies and dry conditions.

This is the GFS forecast for Sunday afternoon. You can see we have a very rare May weather front coming down from North America. We won’t get strong north winds like in a norther, but the wind directions will change, with Sunday evening into Monday winds coming from the northwest, though not very strong winds. This will bring clouds and rain Sunday through Tuesday morning. Chances of rain each day will be best overnights into the mornings, but we will also have scattered showers middays and afternoons.

Wednesday into next weekend looks dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We will have one more day with strong trade winds, 15 mph and 3 foot waves midday and tonight into tomorrow 20-25 mph and 4 foot waves.
Tomorrow midday we start to see things calm to 10 mph and 2-3 foot waves.
There is some disagreement in models about direction of winds, but it looks like Sunday we may see west/northwest winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet and Monday around 5 mph from the north and seas 1 foot.
Winds turn back to the east Tuesday and the rest of the week looks like typical trade winds.

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Lowest tide is 1 p.m. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Leo Weiss and shows resident pelicans near his Punta Blanca home. Remember the top five most-liked photos of May will compete for an excursion valued at $100 complete with lunch and drinks from Jolly Roger Roatan. Send your photo with name and location to bookmybio@gmail.com.
We’ve been hot-hot-hot, with highs right around 90 (32C). Hot conditions will continue, but potentially we will get some relief Sunday and Monday.

Our satellite shows some high, thin clouds with no rain. This week will be dry, but we are still expecting scattered showers Sunday (especially in the morning) and perhaps through the day Monday into Tuesday morning.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning we wake up to east winds 20 mph and seas 3 feet. This week we will see midday winds 15-20 mph and 3 foot seas and evening and overnight seas 20-25 mph and 4-5 foot seas. This weekend things look a bit calmer, with daytime winds 7-12 mph and 2 foot seas.

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Low tides are 11:40 a.m. and midnight. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands! Our photo this morning is taken by Davinci McNab from Paya Bay Resort looking toward Barbareta with the hazy outline of Guanaja in the background.

We had hopes for some rains this week, but it is starting to look drier.

What clouds there are this morning are high, thin cirrus clouds without any rain in them. The clouds off to our east are not moving much. We look dry this week. We should have a few more clouds toward midweek and I wouldn’t completely rule out a morning shower, but we should be mostly dry.
The long-range forecasts are trying to give us some rain the in the middle of May.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to winds a little gustier than we’ve had, getting up to 20 mph from the east with 3 foot seas. We will calm a bit to 10-15 mph midday before getting back up to 20 mph this evening. Tomorrow will be much like today, but Sunday and Monday midday winds should be calmer at 7-12 mph and seas 2 feet.

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Lowest tide is 8 p.m. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Nancy Sikora and is a bird she is pretty sure is a vireo, but if you are an ornithologist (bird expert) you can let us know exactly what he is in comments.
Sandy Bay got a small shower this morning, and we will be having morning rain chances the next few days.

The whitest dots you see on the 7:20 a.m. satellite are potential showers that are moving to the west. We will keep a small chance of a shower through mid-morning. Midday and afternoon should be dry. We will keep this cycle of perhaps a few morning showers and dry, hot middays and afternoons through perhaps Wednesday. The end of the week looks drier, so probably the morning rain chances go away.

Here are this morning’s rain totals. The showers happened around 6 a.m. for Sandy Bay and the rest of us were dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to east winds 8 mph and seas around 1 foot. We should stay around there today and tomorrow. This evening and tomorrow evening winds will pick up to around 12 mph and seas to 2 feet. All in all, still good days on the sea. Tuesday winds start to creep up to 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet and Wednesday through the end of the week 15 mph and seas 3 feet.

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Lowest tide is 2:20 p.m. and tonight will be dark, with no moon.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Juan Carlos Caceres and shows a hazy moon setting over Politilly. We had lots of hazy photos late April into May last year when fires on the coast covered our skies.

Our satellite this morning looks very blue, with only a few clouds around. We’re dry this morning, but starting tomorrow I wouldn’t be surprised to see a morning shower here or there. Any morning showers Sunday into next week won’t last long and middays and afternoons should be dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: The main story this weekend is milder winds, coming from the east 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. This will be a great weekend on the water. Starting Monday afternoon we’ll see the east winds get back to a more typical 15 mph and seas to 3 feet, where they’ll stay for much of next week.

Our satellite image shows red dots that indicate fires, where mainland farmers are clearing sugar cane fields, especially on the east coast of Mosquitia. Last year this map was bright red. Of course last year was a serious drought season. This year we’ve had more rain and perhaps some of the farmers are waiting to burn until their fields dry out more. Hopefully we can get some scattered showers in to keep the smoke and fire down this year. All in all I don’t expect it to be as bad as last year, but don’t be surprised if you get some hazy mornings in early May.

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The tide gets pretty low at 1:30 p.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dirk Yelinek and shows a fire red sunset at Las Rocas. As we’ve gotten drier, our temps have gotten hotter, with several of us getting close to 90 (32C). We may have some cooling morning rains this weekend.

There’s hardly a cloud to be seen on satellite this morning. Today and tomorrow will be dry, but this weekend there are chances of morning showers here or there. It seems that when the winds calm a bit the chances of showers go up.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds this morning are from the east at 15 mph and seas 3 feet, especially southside. Winds will stay around there today and tomorrow, but will calm to 10 mph and 2-3 feet Saturday and 5-10 mph and 1-2 feet Sunday and Monday.

In our extended forecast, we can see more moisture moving in around May 2 or 3, as illustrated in this Euro moisture forecast with yellows and reds. It looks like we might have a rare early May rain system brewing. It’s too early to be sure, but we’ll keep an eye on it.

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Lowest tide is at noon. Have a great Thursday!