Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a Utila sunrise from Tracy Norris.
The main change in our weather is that we are looking for stronger trade winds come Sunday and Monday.
We have a few high clouds and no rain around the islands this morning. Our forecast is dry except for a slight chance of a morning shower on Sunday morning. Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: East winds are 15 mph and seas 2 feet. Those conditions will continue through Saturday. Sunday and Monday winds will pick up to 20 mph during the day and 25-30 mph at night with seas around 5 feet.
With the seas fairly calm through Saturday, it will be a great time to do some exploring.
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from James Thomas and shows a tranquil day at Anthony’s Key. Many of us got a good rain yesterday evening around 6 p.m., good for half an inch in some locations. This morning, Utila has gotten some showers ranging from half an inch to an inch.
This morning at 7 a.m. we have lingering clouds, especially over Utila. We will keep a chance of a morning shower around, especially for the west side and Utila, but as the day goes on we will clear out and get dry. We should be dry until at least Sunday, when a small wave of moisture comes across the islands.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds are out of the east this morning around 12 mph and seas 4 feet southside. Winds and seas will calm a little toward midday to two feet, but winds will get up to 20 mph and seas 4 feet overnight. Thursday and Friday should be a bit calmer with east winds 10 mph and seas 2 feet. Saturday and especially Sunday and Monday winds get stronger, 20 mph during the day and 25-30 mph at night with seas 4-6 feet south side.
Our weak cold front knocked our temperatures back a little. We had a high of 84F (29C) yesterday. We will start a warming trend that will put us back into the upper 80s (31C). That is perfect for jumping in the water with a group of fellow travelers with Jolly Roger Roatan.
Good morning Bay Islands. No photo of the day today, just condolences to the families of those lost in the tragic crash. Most of our readers have probably flown out of Roatan Airport, including on short flights to the mainland, so this hits home. John 5:28,29.
Most of the rain overnight occurred around 2 a.m. and fell mostly on the east side. Looks like Calabash was the big winner. There are two stations in Calabash Bight. One got just over an inch and the other got almost 2 inches. Around 7:30 a.m. Guanaja picked up another shower to get up to two-thirds of an inch.
We have a lot of clouds around the islands at 7:30 a.m., but we don’t see a lot of rain out there this morning. The heaviest clouds are over Guanaja and to the south of Roatan. These clouds are moving to the southwest. We will keep mostly cloudy skies through today and a chance of a shower here or there. The computers think tomorrow will be dry, but I think there might be an early morning shower, but most of tomorrow should be sunny. Thursday morning we get a small chance of a morning shower, but also a mostly sunny day. Into the weekend will be dry.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with northeast winds around 15 mph and seas 5 feet north side. We will stay right around there today. Tomorrow east winds return, 15 mph and 2-3 foot seas during the day and 20 mph and 3-4 foot seas nighttime. We will stay right around there until the weekend, when east winds pick up to 20 mph during the day and 22-27 mph at night.
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Larry Cox, who captures the blood red moon during full eclipse last night from West Bay. We had a great view of the eclipse here, with very few clouds. We should be mostly sunny through the weekend, with a few more clouds Monday and especially Tuesday with a chance of showers.
We have a few high clouds this morning, but we will remain mostly sunny through the weekend. Monday we will see some clouds moving in from a VERY weak cold front.
Here is the GFS forecast of rain through Tuesday. It looks much less impressive than the forecast we had a week ago for the cold front that brought many of us half an inch to an inch of rain. This system may leave some of us dry and give others of us a shower or two. I would say the best chance of rain right now looks to be Tuesday evening. After that we go back to being dry. This is March after all.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning we have southeast winds 5-10 mph and seas around 2 feet. We will stay fairly calm through the day today, but this evening and overnight east winds will pick up to 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet. Tomorrow we will have daytime winds from the east around 15 mph and 3 foot seas and over night 20-25 mph with 4 foot seas. Sunday looks like a calmer day and Monday and Tuesday the winds turn to the north, mostly around 10 mph, but Monday evening through Tuesday morning north winds will be around 15 mph and seas 2-3 feet northside. After Tuesday winds turn back to the east and will be moderate 10-15 mph.
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Low tides are 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. Have a great Friday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Marcella Husband who took this fantastic shot of the moon during last month’s full moon. Not only will the moon be full tonight, we will have a full lunar eclipse. Totality will begin for us around 12:30 a.m. and it will last until around 1:30 a.m. It will be our only total eclipse until 2029. There may be a few clouds around, but we should get a good look at the moon, which will turn blood red.
At 7:30 a.m. there are a few high clouds around Utila, but no rain. We will be dry the rest of this week and weekend. There is a chance of rain with a small norther coming in Monday evening into Tuesday.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We have light winds this morning around 5 mph from the southeast and seas around 2 feet. Winds will be fairly light and seas will stay around 2 feet today and tomorrow. Tomorrow evening east winds will gust to 20 mph and seas to 3 feet. Saturday looks like the windiest day of the next week, with east winds 15 mph during the day and 20-25 mph at night and seas 3-4 feet. Winds get calmer Sunday and start to turn to the north Monday and Tuesday 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet northside.
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Low tide is 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Have a great Thursday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Davinci McNab at Paya Bay Resort. This was taken on a clear day but today we have plenty of clouds and some rain around.
On satellite at 8 a.m. we can see the cold front over us. Individual rain clouds are moving from north to south. We also have a few breaks in the clouds. At 8 a.m. West Bay has gotten almost an inch of rain, while Sandy Bay has received between a quarter and half an inch and points east have gotten little or no rain. Rain should decrease as the day goes along, but we will keep chances of a few scattered showers around all day. We will have a small chance of rain tomorrow morning, but after that we should stay dry and sunny the rest of the week into the weekend. We are watching another system that could bring rain next Monday into Tuesday.
Low tides are 1:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Have a great Tuesday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Judy Bridgman taken from Sundowner’s in West End and, indeed, the sun is going down. I love how it looks like the sun has an eyelid. Just a reminder that this morning North American went on Daylight Saving Time, meaning that the East Coast is now two hours ahead of us and the West Coast is an hour behind us. We will be the same as US Mountain Time through November 1.
Our skies are quite clear this morning, and today will be dry, but you can see a cold front extending from northern Florida into the Gulf. That will be headed our way. It will definitely bring us some clouds Monday and Tuesday and perhaps some rain. It is still uncertain we get much or any rain. Chances are better further west, such as in Utila. If we do get rain it should be less than half an inch and best chances are Monday morning and especially Tuesday morning. After that, the rest of next week turns dry again.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with east winds 15 mph and seas 3 feet southside. We should calm a bit during the day to 10 mph and 2-3 foot seas. Tomorrow winds turn to the west/northwest 7-12 mph and seas 2 feet northside.
The wind forecast is a bit tricky as you can see from the wind forecast map for midday tomorrow, with a small low pressure system near us, turning winds east just to our north, but from the west for most of us. Winds should turn to the northwest Tuesday, but still fairly calm at 10 mph and seas still 2 feet northside. Starting Wednesday our winds turn back to the east, starting fairly calm on Wednesday, but getting a bit stronger every day until we’re up to 25 mph Friday and Saturday evenings.
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Low tides are 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Have a great Sunday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Shawn Pfoutz in West End. If you look on the left side of the photo, you can see a small rainbow. Later this afternoon we should have a few clouds move in from the north and we may see a rainbow somewhere, but it’s not likely.
On satellite at 11 a.m. we can see some clouds associated with a VERY week cold front to our north. Some of those clouds will try to push south, but will likely not have much success. We can’t rule out a stray evening shower, but it’s not likely. Other than that we should stay pretty dry until Monday, when we should get a stronger cold front bringing scattered showers Monday and Tuesday. It will be good to cool us down a little, because we’ve been hot. Yesterday the high at the airport was 89 (31.7C) with a dewpoint of 78 (25.6C) which made for a heat index of 103 (40C).
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds are quite light and variable and seas quite calm. They will continue that way today. Tonight into tomorrow they will pick up to 15 mph and seas 2 feet. Tomorrow night into Saturday morning winds will be from the east 20 mph and seas 3-4 feet, though they will calm a bit through the day. Monday into Tuesday we will see northwesterly winds, probably around 10-15 mph and seas around 3 feet northside.
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Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Helen Murphy in West Bay showing the Icon of the Seas leaving with the setting of the sun. We have a small chance of a shower tomorrow and better chances coming Monday into Tuesday.
On satellite this morning we see clear skies over us. Clear skies will continue today, but a cold front is coming down from the north. This will give us a few more clouds tomorrow and maybe a 20 percent chance of a shower. Another stronger front is expected Monday into Tuesday which will give us better chances of rain after a dry weekend.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds will be light and variable today and seas 1-2 feet. They will turn back to the east tomorrow at 10 mph and seas 2 feet. Friday into Saturday morning we will be a bit windier at 12-17 mph with Friday seas 2-3 feet and 3-4 feet Saturday morning. Saturday midday and afternoon winds look calmer, but overnight into Sunday morning they get back to 12-17 mph and seas 3 feet. Monday and Tuesday winds turn to the west/northwest with the cold front and there is some disagreement about how strong they will be.
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Lowest tide is around 9 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Indira Brooks in Sandy Bay. We won’t see this many clouds until Thursday morning when we might catch a morning shower.
Skies over our islands are almost completely clear. This is a satellite we see during dry season. During rainy season, we usually have morning clouds and often some morning showers. Those morning showers go away during dry season, but we have a small system coming Thursday morning that may bring us a morning shower. After that we should be dry through the weekend. We are still looking for a system to come in on Monday. The US GFS is less positive about rain Monday, while the Euro and ICON are still predicting rain for Monday.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day a little windier than we have been, with east/southeast winds at 15 mph but seas still only 2 feet. We should see winds build a little until the get to around 20 mph as night falls and 3 foot seas. Winds become very light and variable and seas 1-2 feet. Friday we get windy again with east winds 15-20 mph and the weekend calms down.
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