Good morning Bay Islands. This morning Lisa Strachan greets us with a blue-headed anole peeking in her window as our photo of the day. This guy would probably love to get his mouth on some Roatan Pets food, but remember the five most-liked photos compete on March 31 for $50 in premium pet food.

Surprise, surprise. We have some rain to report. Lisa Garcia in Guanaja got a couple of rounds of showers in the 5 a.m. hour to give her .14 of an inch. This is the first measurable rain anyone’s gotten in a few weeks.

We have quite a bit of high clouds around. The clouds that caused rain on Guanaja are the popcorn (altocumulus) clouds you see here. The wispy, cottony clouds are cirrus clouds that will not cause any rain. The popcorn clouds almost always come in the morning. We will have maybe a 5 percent chance of seeing a small shower somewhere. But generally we will have hazy high clouds and dry conditions through the day. We’re seeing indications that we could have more scattered showers in the period between March 20 and March 30. I know that’s getting into Semana Santa, but even if we get a little rain, it won’t be much, just enough to keep the dust down on the way out to Camp Bay Beach, and we desperately need that.

Wind and wave forecast: I got up to 34 mph wind gusts around 8:30 p.m. last night. This morning we’re a bit calmer, around 20 mph and seas at 4 feet on the south side. We will continue with those winds and seas 3-4 feet today, before we get windier again tonight with east winds 20-30 mph and seas 5-6 feet. This is a cycle we will stay in through Sunday. Monday into next week looks a bit calmer, with east winds mostly around 15 mph.

Wind and wave forecast: I got up to 34 mph wind gusts around 8:30 p.m. last night. This morning we’re a bit calmer, around 20 mph and seas at 4 feet on the south side. We will continue with those winds and seas 3-4 feet today, before we get windier again tonight with east winds 20-30 mph and seas 5-6 feet. This is a cycle we will stay in through Sunday. Monday into next week looks a bit calmer, with east winds mostly around 15 mph.

High tide is 7:05 p.m. as our moon waxes into a crescent moon. Have a great Thursday.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day looks at the sunset through the entrance to Tequila Jack’s in West End. There are a few showers toward Puerto Cortes on the coast again this morning. We had reports of some showers between West Bay and West End, but none of those showers registered on our weather stations over there.

Here’s the 7 a.m. radar, showing a few showers near Puerto Cortes.

Our 7 a.m. satellite shows quite a few clouds and the coast to our southwest, but only a few popcorn clouds, just south of Roatan. These clouds are slowly moving west and may give Utila a little relief from the sun this morning. We will be mostly sunny this week, except for a period of high clouds Friday into Saturday, but there isn’t any rain in the forecast for those clouds. In the long range forecast our potential rainmaker March 20 is looking weaker and weaker.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with east winds at 15 mph and seas at 3 feet on the south side. Winds will stay around 15 mph and seas will calm to 2-3 feet midday. Winds get up to 20 mph tonight . Wednesday will be around 15 mph and again seas 2-3 feet, but the wind machine really cranks up Thursday and Friday with evening winds 20-30 mph and daytime seas around 4 feet south side.

I have recently become a big fan of the chorizo (sausage) at Carniceria Rosita. I crisp them up in the air fryer and they have just the right amount of spice and are a great alternative to pricey US sausages.

Lowest tide is 4:35 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Erica Barnhart who took this picture behind Sol y Mar in Sandy Bay after the conclusion of a successful Music Festival for the Angels. There are a few showers on radar.

Let’s start with the satellite at 7 a.m. We see clouds well to our west around Puerto Cortes and some to the east, between the Mosquito Coast and east of Guanaja. These clouds are drifting slowly to the west/southwest.

There is rain under some of those clouds. You can see this clearly on the 7 a.m. radar for the clouds near Puerto Cortes. In fact Omoa just west of Puerto Cortes has picked up .11 of an inch. It is likely the clouds to our east also have rain, but the radar can’t pick it up because the radar (which is coming out of Belize City) is too far away. But whatever rain is light and much of it will miss us to the south. So we will keep a 30 percent chance of rain today, especially this morning. There will be a small chance of a morning shower tomorrow, as well. After that, rain chances disappear until around March 20.

Today will be a good day on the sea with calm winds and seas around 1 foot. Things get a little windier tomorrow with east winds at 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Things get a lot windier Wednesday through the weekend with daytime east winds 15-20 mph and seas around 4 feet on the south side and nighttime winds 20-30 mph and seas 5-6 feet.

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We are in new moon phase and there is a bigger difference between high tides and low tides. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Phil Sikora over here near Jonesville Point. I love the reflections in Caribe Bight, just below Juticalpa. We’ll see a few more clouds than we’ve been seeing and we’re hoping against hope to have a little rain.

You can see the very weak cold front nearing Yucatan, Mexico this morning. This will give us the best shot of rain tomorrow morning. That’s till only around a 30 percent chance but it’s better than we’ve had in weeks. Today we will have partly cloudy skies and a 20 percent chance of a small shower. Tomorrow morning will be partly to mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of a shower, especially in the morning. Chance of rain goes back down to 20 percent Tuesday morning and then goes away for the rest of the week.

Our close-up satellite shows a few more clouds this morning, meaning at least a little relief from the sun.

Our winds are out of the northwest around 10 mph this morning. They will be mostly out of the northwest today, 10-15 mph with seas 1-2 feet. Tomorrow should be pretty calm as well. with light east winds and seas at 1 foot. Tuesday east winds will be around 15 mph and seas 2 feet. Wednesday through the weekend we are back to typical trade wind conditions.

Remember that today all of Canada except Saskatchewan and Yukon and all of the US except Arizona goes on Daylight Savings Time today, meaning we’re now two hours behind New York and one hour ahead of LA. I love this time of year because my OKC Thunder basketball games end an hour earlier and I can get to bed on time.

I have an exciting announcement. Ikigai by Robby Molina‘s awesome Lobster Special, that used to be just for Sunday supper, is now an all day (11 a.m. to 10 p.m.) event. You can’t beat two great lobster tails and sides for $18. They are in the old Romeo’s building in French Harbour. For reservations or events contact them at +504 9249-7662 / 9606-1668

Low tides are 2:50 p.m. and 3:20 a.m. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Christine Barry in West End and I chose it because it shows a few more clouds. We are hoping for more clouds starting tomorrow to provide us a little relief from the heat and maybe a small shower here or there.

Here is the satellite image of the cold front that will push a few clouds our way starting tomorrow.

You can see on US radar that almost all of the rain action is on the east side of the cold front. The west side is pretty dry and that’s the side we will get tomorrow and Monday. We will have a small chance of rain, especially tomorrow morning. That is better than the no chance of rain we’ve had the last week. Monday is our best shot at getting a morning shower. There will also be a small chance of a shower Tuesday morning. After that our rain chances go back to near-zero.

Winds today are starting out from the east 15-20 mph and seas are 4 feet on the south side. They will calm today to 10-15 mph and seas at 3 feet. Winds late this evening will turn to the northeast at 10-15 mph overnight. Tomorrow winds turn to the west around 15 mph and seas calm through the day from 2 feet in the morning to 1 foot in the evening. Monday looks like quite a calm day before east winds pick up again Tuesday into next week.

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We’re moving into new moon phase. Low tides are 2 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Have a great weekend.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jeff Kittleson and shows a couple definitely enjoying our Roatan sunset. We start the day at a very warm 80 degrees (26.7C). It’s the first time in awhile many of us didn’t even get into the 70s for a low and a sign of the warm weather ahead, though a few clouds may bring a little relief Sunday through Tuesday.

After a couple of calmer days we are back to 20 mph east winds this morning with seas 3 feet on the south side. Those conditions will continue through today and we will have a windy night tonight, with east winds 20-30 mph and seas 4-5 feet on the southside. Things get a bit calmer again Saturday, but something very interesting happens Saturday night into Sunday. In this video Euro wind forecast we can see a very small low pressure system setting up that may give us decent northwest winds Sunday morning. But since our swell (waves coming into our area from winds further away) is still from the east, our waves Sunday and Monday should be pretty calm. Late next week into next weekend looks windy again.

We will be dry today. Tomorrow is the Music Festival for the Angels at Sol y Mar and concertgoers will have clear skies and warm (OK, hot) temperatures. So take plenty of water.

Sunday we will have partly to mostly cloudy skies and a chance of a passing shower, but best rain chances will be Sunday night into Monday morning and then again Monday night into Tuesday morning. Most models only give us a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch of rain, but when you get a nice shower, it is always possible someone might get half an inch. Others of us will probably get nothing. Let’s hope for the best.

In our long range forecast we are still looking for a stronger rain system, that now looks like it might come March 20-21.

Don’t forget that this month’s Photo of the Month winner gets $50 in pet food from Roatan Pets. If the winner doesn’t have a pet, the winnings can be donated to Roatan Operation Animal Rescue.

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

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Michelle Ross and was taken in West End. You can clearly see the sun’s rays in this photo and those rays have been pretty hot the last couple of days. We may get relief with a few more clouds Sunday through Tuesday. Don’t forget that the five photos with the most likes will compete March 31 for $50 in food from Roatan Pets.

Our high yesterday at the airport was 86 degrees (30C) but what made it really hot was the humidity. Our dewpoint (a measure of how much moisture is in the air) made it up to 81 (27C) giving us heat index (a combination of temperature and humidity) of 106 (41C). Last week our high temperatures were running around 82 degrees (27.7C) and dewpoints around 76 (24.4C) giving us heat indices around 89 (31.7C) That’s a big difference. Looking ahead, we have almost certainly seen an end to cold front passing through, so our only hope is cloud cover. We should get a little more of that Sunday through Tuesday morning, despite the fact that our rain chances those days will be low. Today through Saturday, though, we will continue to be hot and humid.

Our hopes for rain Sunday through Tuesday are looking pretty light, but I still think a few of us will get a shower one of those days. It will be a relief.

We wake up to east winds around 10 mph and seas around 2 feet on the south side. We have one more day of these calm seas before we start getting windy again. Tonight we get east winds 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet on the south side. Tomorrow we will have winds 15-20 mph during the day and seas 3-4 feet and tomorrow night east winds 20-30 mph and seas around 5 feet. Sunday evening to Monday morning is the calmest period in the forecast with light winds and seas at 1 foot.

This will be a great weekend to get away to Guanaja. Galaxy Wave’s new Guanaja ferry makes it possible to get from Roatan to Guanaja. I’ve met a lot of islanders who have lived here their whole life and never visited Guanaja. That’s because there hasn’t been an easy way to get over there. You owe it to yourself to visit at least once. I plan on going for awhile in early May. I can’t wait!

Low tides are 12:40 p.m. and 1 a.m. Have a great Thursday.