Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kathy Beselinoff in Half Moon Bay. Like her photo to give her a chance at a $50 gift certificate to Blue Bahia Beach Grill. The top five photos compete in a poll on Tuesday. If you would like to enter your photo send it to bookmybio@gmail.com with name of photographer and location.

Let’s start with the satellite image. We are quite clear this morning, with all the popcorn clouds to our northeast. These clouds are moving to the northwest so it is unlikely we will see much in the way of clouds today. We start the day a bit windier than we’ve been, with 20 mph east winds and seas at 3 feet on the southside. We’ll stay right around 20 mph during the day today, but tonight we will get up to 30 mph and seas around 5 feet southside. These windy conditions will last through Monday. Midweek next week we calm back down to 15 mph east winds and our chance of a morning shower goes up to 20-30 percent.

Cinco de Mayo is coming up and Ikigai by Robby Molina will be having specials on Mexican food that evening. Reservations are welcome but not required. Ikigai is wholly owned by Robby Molina, recognized as one of the top chefs in Central America, and Melissa Dixon.

Tides in general are pretty low, with lowest tide around 5 p.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Dian Lynn and was taken from Sundowner’s in West End. We got a little rain yesterday evening, especially in West Bay, which picked up .13 of an inch around 5:30. We’re not seeing as much rain as we hoped for this morning.

On our satellite we see some popcorns clouds, especially north of Puerto Castillo and Trujillo and a few near Utila. Our station in Utila picked up .01 of an inch this morning. All of this is moving west, but there’s not a whole lot to our east.

Here is the radar image showing that shower just north of the mainland moving to the west. We will keep a small chance of a passing shower, especially this morning.

For the next week or so, we will continue to only have very small chances of a passing shower, but the long-range forecast shows more moisture in the atmosphere midweek next week and a bit of a higher chance of a shower. Let’s hope so.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We have been holding steady with east winds at 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. That will continue until Friday night, when our winds pick up to 25-30 mph. Saturday night and Sunday night also look windy, after which next week we should be back to mostly 15 mph east winds.

I have been planning to go to Guanaja, but my accommodations fell through. I’d still like to go. I thought I would throw it out there that if you know of a reasonably-priced place in Guanaja for a few days in early May let me know. Also I would need to know how best to get between the accommodations and Bonacca Key. Thanks!

Low tide is 2:30 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Our photo of the day comes from Brad Turnelle in Parrot Tree and shows our near-full moon. This year, because the full moon occurs so close to spring equinox, Semana Santa and Passover were separated by an entire month.

We see a few popcorn clouds on satellite, especially to our west and south. It is quite possible the Cayos Cochinos got a small shower this morning. We will keep a small chance of a shower through the morning with east winds 10-15 mph and seas around 2 feet. We will have our best chance of rain tonight into tomorrow morning with a 30 percent chance. After that, the chances go down for the rest of the week, so let’s hope we get some. Winds will stay moderate until we get into the weekend, when they will pick up to 20 mph during the day and 25-30 mph at night.

It’s been a lot of fun following Mitch Cummins trip through Central America. That dude knows how to have a good time. He also knows how to make great pet food, so look him up at Roatan Pets.

Low tide is 2 p.m. as we officially move into full moon. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kristi Voves in Palmetto Bay and she has a sunset view that I’m jealous of.

This morning we have a small shower to the east of Puerto Cortex and some high, hazy clouds over our heads, but otherwise we are dry. We will continue to have 15 mph east winds and 3 foot seas, and in the afternoons winds will turn to the northeast. Tomorrow morning we will have a 10 percent chance of a morning shower and Wednesday there will be a 20 percent chance.

Low tide is 1:30 a.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jim Goodwyn in Camp Bay. At first I thought these were birds, but they are actually the paragliders you often see on the Camp Bay side, which is perfectly situated to catch the easterly winds but has a little less wave action, being on the north side. We will continue to have moderate 15 mph winds and seas 2-3 feet until midweek, when winds calm a bit.

We are mostly clear this morning, with some hazy clouds over Utila. We will be sunny and dry today, but starting tomorrow we will have small rain chances, especially in the morning. Tomorrow the chance is 10 percent, but it moves up to 20 percent Tuesday and 30 percent Wednesday and Thursday.

Great news! we have a the updated English price list for the best meats on the island at Carniceria Rosita!

Low tides are 1 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tom DeMille in Palmetto Bay and shows one of our favorite island residents, the hummingbird, with a nice cumulus cloud in the background. We have a few of those cumulus clouds around this morning.

Speaking of Palmetto Bay, they along with other midisland residents got a small shower this morning around 3:30 a.m.

At 7:30 a.m. there are a few popcorn clouds around, especially on the east side. I got a little sprinkle here on Jonesville Point, but not enough to amount to anything. We will continue with a small chance of a shower this morning, but otherwise we will be mostly sunny with winds from the east at 15 mph. We will remain mostly dry this weekend, but as we get into next week, especially the middle of the week, we will have a better chance of morning showers, perhaps a 30 percent chance each morning.

Low tide is 12:45 p.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Christina Matthews and west taken from Iron Shore on West Bay. It is a waterspout, a fairly common occurrence in our tropical waters, so I thought in comments I would talk a little about what a waterspout is and is not.

There are two types of water spouts: tornadic and fair-weather. We do not have tornadic water spouts for the simple reason that we do not have tornadoes at all this close to the equator. They typically form along the dark, flat bases of a line of developing cumulus clouds (what I like to call popcorn clouds). They develop when the air at the base of the cumulus cloud is much cooler than the temperature of the surface waters, causing an updraft. They generally don’t move very much, so they are easy for boaters to avoid, and they last an average of 5 to 10 minutes. So click a picture fast, because it won’t last long.

On satellite this morning we see some cumulus clouds north of Puerto Cortes, and who knows? Maybe they are seeing a water spout over there. These are the kind of clouds that produce them and also some small morning showers.

Here is the radar at 7 a.m. showing a line of showers north of Puerto Cortes. Unfortunately these are moving to the west away from us. We will stay high and dry. Each morning we have maybe a 5 percent chance of a shower, but Monday through Wednesday morning next week looks to be a little higher, maybe 20 percent chance of a small morning shower.

 Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Our east winds will remain consistent, at 15 mph from the east with 2-3 foot seas daytime and 20 mph from the east and 3 foot seas nighttime. Just a quick reminder that you still have time to take advantage of the 25 percent discount on trips on the Galaxy Wave to La Ceiba. Tickets can be bought this month for future trips!

Low tides are 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Have a great Friday!