Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Robert Rhorer, who captured this classic storm creating a waterspout near Big Bight on the first day of the month. It is a classic look at an updraft creating a waterspout that feeds the storm cloud. The top five most-liked photos will compete tomorrow for $50 in Café Rubio coffee. Next month, the prize will be a $50 gift certificate to Umbul Umbul.

Here is the radar at 7:30 a.m. There are plenty of showers around and they are drifting to the west very slowly. We will keep a good chance of showers around today and into the weekend. Rain will be off-and-on and we will have periods of sunshine. Winds this morning are from the northeast at 5-10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. This evening we may see winds get up to 10-15 mph with 3 foot seas, but winds tomorrow into the weekend should be very light and seas remain 2-3 feet.

Here is the box for development of some sort of tropical storm. There is a 50 percent chance over the next week. The Canadian still has a storm developing and moving to our north. The GFS has a storm developing and moving well to our east. The Euro has a very weak storm moving north of us. In any case, all them say that next week will likely be less rainy than this week. That doesn’t mean no rain, it just means less rain.

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Lowest tide is around 2 a.m. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jenifer Mitchell looking back toward the southeast end of the island at sunset.
We had a relatively dry day yesterday and it was nice while it lasted. We are back in the off and on rain showers today through the weekend but we have hopes of a little less rain next week, but also watching the tropics.

We had a round of showers around sunrise and those clouds are still building to our north, but we also have blue sky to our south, so we will keep a chance of showers through the day, but we also should see some sun. Rain chances will remain good through the weekend, but of course it won’t be constant and we will have periods of dry weather, especially middays and early afternoons.

We still have a 40 percent chance of some sort of tropical storm development this weekend or early next week north of Panama. The models are all over the place and many give us drier conditions next week with the storm moving well away from us.

The Canadian is the only model to forecast a tropical storm/hurricane, but even the Canadian has it going well north of us next week.

During my trips to the States I find myself missing my chorizo, so imagine my surprise when I walked into an international grocery and found a package labeled “Honduran chorizo.” It really is world famous, and you can get the real deal at Carniceria Rosita. Low tides continue to be not very low. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Nana Paluch and shows the view from West End above Sunset Villas.
Yesterday most of us picked up 1-2 inches of rain. Most of us this morning have already picked up a quarter to half an inch as of 7:40 a.m. but Guanaja already has 1.5 inches!

Here is our satellite at 7:45 a.m. and you can see the heavier storm near Guanaja. These are slowly moving from east to west. We will have a good chance of showers through the day with a few peaks of sunshine. Tonight we will also have a good chance of showers, but we should get a break tomorrow, perhaps into Wednesday morning. Wednesday midday and afternoon the showers pick back up, but perhaps not as much as we’ve had the past two days. Good chances of showers last through the weekend. There is still hope that next week might be drier, depending on what our tropical system does.

The National Hurricane Center has raised the chances of a tropical depression to 40 percent just north of Panama. If this develops, it would start this weekend. Most of the computer models have this storm moving north/northeast away from us but …

Here is the Canadian model, the one model that has the system rebounding closer to us. The end of this forecast is Nov. 6, so that is a long way away and I wouldn’t get too worried, but we will keep an eye on the possibility.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to north winds around 5 mph and seas around 3 feet. Winds will remain fairly calm and seas should calm to around 2 feet today and stay there for awhile.

Lowest tide is 12:30 a.m. Have a great week!

Oct. 26, 2024: Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Heather MacNaughtan and was taken at Anthony’s Key. Remember, our top five most-liked photos compete Nov. 1 for $50 in Café Rubio coffee.

This morning we have showers and thundershowers. Those will continue off and on today, with even more rain and clouds in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. Tuesday is our best bet next week for some dry weather, but we will have scattered showers all next week. The extended forecast gives us hope for drier weather the week of Nov. 3.

Winds will be light and variable today with seas 2-3 feet, but tomorrow we will have northeast winds 15-20 mph and seas 4-5 feet. Starting Monday we get calmer, with light and variable winds and seas 2-3 feet most of the week. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Daniel Rice and if you want the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow between West Bay and West End you have put on your diving gear.
We’re looking at a pretty wet weekend ahead, but also fairly calm winds and seas with the exception of Sunday.

At 8 a.m. we have lots of cloudiness and rain likely, especially over Barbarat and Morat this morning. We will continue to deal with scattered showers, but also periods of sun today and tomorrow. Sunday is the day that we may see cloudy skies and extended downpours. Overall we’re looking for 2-3 inches today through the weekend.
Winds are light and variable, but we are still dealing with some swell, causing 2-3 foot seas, especially north side. Sunday evening and night we might get some brisker conditions, with northeast winds 15-20 mph and seas up to 5 feet northside.

I know if you’re in the States watching these forecasts it can seem like it is raining all the time, but most days showers pass by and the sun comes back out. If you want a tour that will help you dodge the rain and chase the sun, look up Jolly Roger Roatan. They will keep the good times rolling, even during our tropical showers.

High tide is 5 p.m. and 5 a.m. Have a great Friday!

ood morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jonna Louise in Calabash Bight and shows some cumulonimbus clouds bringing rain, which we definitely had last night, with 1.5 to 2 inches recorded on the east side.

Today and tomorrow rainfall amounts should be moderate, and mostly at night, but good chances for long-lasting downpours return this weekend as a tropical wave passes by.

At 7:30 a.m. we have a few cumulus clouds over Utila which could be bringing some rain there. We will keep a chance of showers, especially for the morning and especially for Utila, but we should also see plenty of blue sky midday and afternoon. After a chance of evening showers, tomorrow morning we should see some blue sky, but clouds and rain chances will be increasing tomorrow evening and last through the weekend, with around 3 inches forecast for the islands.
Winds are light and variable but our seas are still around 3 feet due to swell, that is, winds that are outside of our area, well north of us, pushing waves toward us. Those 3 foot waves will last through the weekend.

Roatan Ferry Galaxy Wave is running a great promotion, with tickets to La Ceiba each way only $24, for a total of $48 to go back and forth to the mainland. Get your tickets now online, at the terminal or at the 13 ticket sales locations on the island.

Low tides continue on the high side. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Brittany Tynon in West End.
Many of us got a LOT of rain yesterday through last night, with totals midisland and east side 3-4 inches. We’ve really had a wet October. Clouds and showers may hang around today, but rain totals should be less.

On satellite at 8 a.m. we see blue skies sooo close to our northeast. We should see some of that today, but we will probably still have to deal with an occasional shower, especially through the morning. Tomorrow should be drier, with maybe a 30 percent chance of showers. Thursday and Friday rain chances will be around 40 percent before the next tropical wave comes in over the weekend. It still looks a little less strong than the one we had last weekend, but some models still show it getting a little stronger as we get into early next week, but a tropical storm seems unlikely.

Winds remain quite light, though seas remain 2-3 feet, especially on the north side.

I saw a post recently from a tourist who wanted to bring in US beef. Trust me. That is a dicey proposition through customs. I know in some places the steaks on the island are disappointing. But that is because you haven’t gone to Carniceria Rosita. James Thomas can set you up with a prime cut of beef that will leave your mouth watering.

Tides continue to be mild. Have a great Tuesday!