Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Marcy Schwartz and shows Sunset in Calabash Bight. We had a few showers early this morning good for a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain. Scattered showers will be more common today, especially this evening. We also are watching for a norther Monday evening into Tuesday.

At 8:15 a.m. we can see lots of clouds and few showers around, but also some sun. The winds in the upper atmosphere are not very strong, so there these showers are moving slowly. This can mean that one location can get a shower that dumps a lot of rain and doesn’t move away quickly. Expect lots of scattered showers today. Tomorrow into the weekend, expect scattered showers, mostly overnights and mornings.

This is the Canadian model showing precipitation through Wednesday. You can see the cold front washing into the Caribbean and Atlantic. Most of the cold air is going into the Atlantic, but enough of it is coming our way that a wave of rain will run through the Bay Islands Monday night into Tuesday. Right now we’re looking at 4 inches of rain or so and north winds 12-17 mph and seas around 5 feet — not the worst of northers, but enough to make for a rainy, wavy day.

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Lowest tide is 10 p.m. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jim Jaskunas on Sandy Bay looking north. We can see some cumulus clouds in the background. Today looks nice and over the next few days most of our rain should be overnight if we get any.

On satellite at 8:30 we see some storms on the coast of Belize, but mostly sunny skies for us. It should stay that way today. Tonight a cold front stalls well to our north. It may push some overnight showers our way tonight, but it isn’t a sure thing. We may have a few showers tomorrow, especially in the morning time, but they should be long lasting. We had been worried about a norther next week, but the latest models are saying that is less likely, so that’s good news.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to east winds around 5 mph and seas 2 feet. That should calm to 1 foot this afternoon and things look quite calm through Wednesday.

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Low tides are 6:30 p.m. and a.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Samuel Fagone and shows sunset from Sandy Bay Beach. We have a sunny morning, but clouds to our east that may mean a rainier afternoon.

The rain that we thought would come tonight has formed a little early. We can see it on satellite at 7 am. off the Mosquito Coast (our rain factory). Some of the rain is just east of Guanaja, so we may see showers starting midmorning, especially on the east end of the Bay Islands, but rain should become more widespread as we get into the afternoon and mostly end by midnight. After that Sunday and Monday look drier. We’re still looking for a cold front to stall to our north and push a few showers our way Tuesday.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning we wake up to east winds 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. We should calm this afternoon to 5-10 mph east winds but still with 2-3 foot seas. Winds and seas will be similar tomorrow, but winds and seas are looking calmer for Monday through Wednesday.

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Low tides are 4 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. under our full moon. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is the first of our month’s full moon shots. This one comes from Larry Cox on the south side.
So far most of our weather stations have stayed dry as of 6:45 a.m., though Guanaja picked up a third of an inch at 4:45 a.m. Today should be mostly dry, but we have our eyes on an increase in showers possible Saturday night/Sunday morning as well as Tuesday.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is the first of our month’s full moon shots. This one comes from Larry Cox on the south side.
So far most of our weather stations have stayed dry as of 6:45 a.m., though Guanaja picked up a third of an inch at 4:45 a.m. Today should be mostly dry, but we have our eyes on an increase in showers possible Saturday night/Sunday morning as well as Tuesday.

Here’s the Euro forecast for the next two weeks. We can see a wave of rain forecast for Saturday evening into Sunday morning. We also see a cold front dying to our north Monday evening into Tuesday. The GFS thinks it will die far enough away to keep our rain chances down, though the Euro still thinks we will get some rain out of it. Most models are showing a stronger norther coming in around the 13th to the 15th that could be a classical island norther with plenty of rain and wind. We’ll keep an eye on it.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with east winds 10 mph and 2 foot seas. We should calm a bit this afternoon to 5 mph and 1-2 foot seas. Tomorrow through Monday look much like today.

This weekend is college football conference championship weekend and time to fire up the grill with some great steaks and chops from Carniceria Rosita!

Tonight’s low tide will be at 3:30 a.m. under a “supermoon” so the moon will look super big. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dirk Yelinek who captured some rain clouds from Carib Tesoro in north West Bay. The east side especially dealt with some rain clouds through midday yesterday, bringing a half inch of rain. Many of us got an early morning shower this morning good for about a tenth of an inch. We still have some rain clouds around at 8:30 a.m., but rain should get less as we get to midday and afternoon.

At 8:30 a.m. we see quite a few clouds over Roatan, but fewer clouds as we look east, from which direction our clouds are coming this morning, so showers should decrease as the day goes on. Tomorrow and Saturday look drier, though this time of year we really can’t rule out a stray shower here or there. Sunday into Monday the chances of morning showers goes up, and then on Tuesday a cold front will stall to our north, but should bring off and on showers through the day.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning we have east winds 5-10 mph and seas 2 feet. As the day goes on we may calm even more to 1-2 feet. Daytime winds through Saturday will be very light and seas around 1 foot, so a great time to be in the water. Sunday a modest east wind and some swell may bring our seas back up to 3 feet.

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Low tide will be 2:30 a.m. and I’ll be looking for some awesome full moon photos for our Jolly Roger Roatan photo contest. Have a great Thursday!

November is normally our rainiest month, and a couple of northers made November our rainiest month again. We are putting 20.59 inches in the books, which was the total for Sandy Bay. That was about average for Roatan and Utila, while Guanaja recorded 11.17 inches, but there were some outages on Guanaja that may have made that total lower than actually experienced. We will end the year below average for rainfall unless we get another 20 inches in December, which is looking unlikely, as the first week of the month has a few showers here and there, but no northers in the forecast right now.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Michelle Meyer, showing her daughter taking a look at the sunset on West Bay Beach.
Guanaja and a few spots in Sandy Bay picked up a very quick shower this morning, but most of us have been dry. We should be mostly dry today with very calm winds and seas.

On satellite at 8:30 a.m. we can see a few clouds and a shower here or there. There’s a possibility of a small shower, especially before noon, but most of us should stay dry. There’s a decent chance of overnight showers that could extend into early morning tomorrow. As the week goes on though, things should get even drier, with the end of the week and the weekend looking quite sunny.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Buoys are showing 2 foot seas this morning, but to be honest the sea looks more like 1 foot to me. We will be quite calm today through Wednesday before the trade winds pick up a bit for the end of the week.

This week will be great for a ferry ride among the islands or to the mainland. Don’t forget to download your Roatan Ferry Galaxy Wave app on Apple App Store or Google Play.

Low tide will be quite low at 11 p.m. Have a great, and safe, Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Larry Cox and shows sunset at West Bay.
This morning West Bay and many locations on the western half of the island picked up around a tenth of an inch this morning as of 8 a.m. Utila has picked up a quarter of an inch. There is a good chance of a little more today, especially this evening.

On satellite at 8 a.m. we can see the smooth cirrus clouds behind a cold front that now extends from Yucatan to Miami. This cold front will not make it down here but will give us some waves on the north side tomorrow. Today through the weekend will be quite calm with wind, and seas will be 1-2 feet today and Sunday, but Saturday we will see waves 3 feet to maybe 4 feet from the north due to the swell from this cold front.

Today we will see a bit better of a rain chance, especially this evening, overnight and tomorrow morning. After that rain chances go down and will mostly be overnights and early mornings Sunday into next week.

Lowest tide will be 10 p.m. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Lois Hill and shows a rainbow in front of Jonesville Point with Oakridge on the left. I love how this photo shows the sheet of rain creating the rainbow.

We’ve had about half an inch of rain in many places, though as of 7:30 a.m. our Utila stations hadn’t gotten rain. There’s a good chance of catching more showers this morning.

On satellite at 7:30 a.m. we see rain mostly on the east side of our islands, moving west. We will have a decent chance of more showers, especially through the morning. We can’t say there will be no rain in the afternoon, but there should be less. The same is true tomorrow. Friday the rain chances look a bit better throughout the day.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning West Bay picked up a wind gust of 30 mph. That’s a taste of what the wind is like a lot in April. This morning we’re back to east winds 15 mph and seas 3 feet, where we should stay most of today. Tomorrow should be calmer with east winds 5-10 mph and seas 2 feet. Friday into the weekend will be even calmer with seas 1-2 feet.

Lots of Americans will be shopping for meats. Before you go anywhere else, check out Carniceria Rosita, especially if you are seeking a ham.

Tides remain quite mild. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Heather MacNaughtan who captured this view from Tita’s Pink Seahorse in West End.

We’ve had a few showers this morning in West Bay which has picked up about three quarters of an inch this morning. Rain should decrease as the day goes on.

At 8 a.m. we have clouds scattered around, especially near West Bay and to the west and south of West Bay. This time of year we rarely can say it isn’t going to rain on any day, we can only say rain totals are either going to be high or low. This afternoon through Wednesday it looks like rain totals should be low and, despite a shower here and there, most of our days should be dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds are quite calm and seas about 2 feet, though at West Bay they looked a little higher at 8 a.m. because of a storm off the coast. Winds and seas should remain quite calm today. Winds get a little higher tomorrow and Wednesday with east winds 15 mph and seas 3 feet. Tomorrow night winds pick up to 20 mph and seas 4 feet.

For most Americans, Thursday week means Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving means turkey with all the trimmings. Winds should calm on Thursday and any rain should be mostly done in the morning. Paya Bay Resort will have a traditional Thanksgiving feast Thursday. Remember, Diamond Rock road is now paved all the way to Paya Bay.

Tides remain moderate. Have a great week!