Good morning Bay Islanders and groundhogs everywhere. Today for the first time in awhile most of us can see our shadows. Our photo of the day is from Jen Cronin in Guanaja watching the sun rise over the southside cays. We may have a few lingering showers but the weekend looks dry.

Our satellite this morning shows us more blue and fewer clouds than we’ve had for awhile, but there are still some popcorn clouds around, meaning a small chance of a shower through the morning. This afternoon through the weekend we should be dry and mostly sunny. Monday into Tuesday we have another norther coming, but the rainfall forecast is surprisingly small for a norther, with the best chance of rain being Monday morning.

Wind and wave forecast: Our winds will shift to the east today at 10-15 mph and seas will remain around 2 feet. Seas this weekend should be 1-2 feet with light winds. Monday winds shift to the west/northwest and get pretty gusty, especially Monday night/Tuesday morning, which looks to be a bad morning on the seas on the northside.

I want to tell you something I’ve learned about the dog food produced by Roatan Pets. Did you know that Mitch Cummins has 83 different recipes. Formulations for puppies have more protein to promote growth, and recipes for older dogs and those with joint pain contain turmeric, an anti-inflammatory. Check out Mitch’s products at the local market being held at Bella’s Restaurant just past the Five Flags Park on Carretera Principal between Milton Bight and Jonesville Point tomorrow.

All tides, including high tide, continue to run pretty low. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kfer Jackson in Sandy Bay and is a common sight on the island, an egret, also known as a heron or a garza (you may argue about which name is most appropriate in comments on our Facebook page 🤣). The five photos with the most likes will compete on Feb. 29 for $50 in food at La Sirena in Camp Bay. If someone from the west side wins it will be a good excuse to come to our side of the island!

Here’s our rainfall so far today. We are still stuck in a lot of clouds. This really should be the last day for all the clouds. Today we will be mostly cloudy with chances of light rain continuing. We’ll have a chance of rain tomorrow morning, but by afternoon we should be mostly sunny and that should last through the weekend.

Wind and wave forecast: Winds this morning are from the north/northwest at 5-10 mph and seas are 2-3 feet. We started the day with lots of 68s and 69s (20C). Seas should calm to 1-2 feet by this evening. We’ll see winds turn to the east tomorrow and Saturday at 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet. When the sun comes out the temp will get back into the low 80s (27-28 C). Winds and seas will be even calmer on Sunday and temperatures back in the mid 80s. Starting Monday evening we will see our next norther. This one looks drier, but still windy and cool. We’ll keep an eye on it.

Did you know that the average high in February on the island is 82 or that the 24th is full moon? You would if you had the 2024 Roatan Weather calendar. Starting today we’re lowering the price to $10 (250 lempiras). You can purchase them at Hangover Hut in West Bay and La Sirena in Camp Bay or you can contact me directly and pick one up at CC Printing in Coxen Hole.

High and low tides continue to be extremely mild. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Trish Nixon in Calabash Bight. If we can get some sun to poke through the clouds we’ll see some of this mist coming off the trees. But we’ll be mostly cloudy and cool for a couple of days. Trish’s photo is the last photo in this month’s photo of the month contest. The five most-liked photos will compete tomorrow for $50 in Carniceria Rosita premium meat. Tomorrow’s photo of the day will compete in February’s competition.

Here’s yesterday’s rainfall. Most of us have been dry this morning, except Utila which has picked up a little rain, and Guanaja, which has picked up almost another inch with a steady overnight rain.

In the close-up satellite you can see we’re mostly cloudy, but Utila has heavier clouds at 7 a.m. which has given it quite a bit of rain this morning.

Rain forecast: In the wide satellite view you can see clear skies well to our north. It will take awhile for those clear skies to get here, perhaps not until Thursday. Until then we will have mostly cloudy skies with a few peaks of sunshine here and there. That will keep us cool with a north breeze. When the sun peaks through we might get to 80 (26.6 C) but when it’s cloudy we’ll mostly be in the 70s (low 20s C). We will have occasional light rain today. Tomorrow should be mostly dry, with a chance of rain in the evening. After that we should be dry until the next norther on Monday.

Wind forecast: We definitely had a wavy day yesterday. The highest wave picked up by a buoy was 8.5 feet. This morning we are around 5 feet, especially on the north side, with north winds 15-20 mph. The trend will be toward calming seas, with 4 foot seas by evening. Wednesday we will have a north breeze 7-12 mph and seas at 3 feet. Thursday the north breeze will be 5-10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. They look evening calmer end of the week into the weekend before another norther comes Monday.

We continue to be in a very mild period for high and low tides. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning, Bay Islands. We have a rainy photo for a rainy day from Suzanne Stone taken from Oak Ridge Cay. I love watching the individual rain showers out to sea. We have wind and rain on the way.

When we pull back on the satellite we can see the cold front clearly just entering our area.

This is the GFS rainfall forecast for the next 24 hours. You can see we are on the borderline of getting a lot of rain and not getting a lot of rain. The further south you are the better the chance.

Winds and seas aren’t bad at 7:40 a.m., though they have turned to the north. Around 9-10 a.m. they should start blowing around 20 mph and seas 6-7 feet are still forecast for the north side. Winds should get better tomorrow, still from the north 10-15 mph but seas should be around 4 feet tomorrow. Wednesday through Friday look much calmer, with a small breeze from the north.

Tuesday and Wednesday we will have partly to mostly cloudy skies and a few light showers around. We will have lots of temperatures in the 70s (lower 20s C) the next few days with some low temperatures perhaps in the upper 60s (around 20C) about the time the sun comes up.

We’re entering a period where there’s very little difference between high and low tide. Keep those photos coming. I have several that I have received that I plan to use in February. Don’t forget! February 1 we announce our sponsor for February’s photo of the month! This month it is $50 in Carniceria Rosita meat. Thanks so much to all our other sponsors: Ikigai by Robby Molina, Jolly Roger Roatan and Roatanpets.com. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a gorgeous sunset in West End taken by Cesar Soler. Don’t forget the top five liked photos compete for $50 in Carniceria Rosita meat on Wednesday! Between now and then we’re going to get wet.

On our closeup satellite we can see a few popcorn clouds moving to the northwest. There will be a very small chance of catching a shower during the day in advance of our cold front.

Rain forecast: This wind map shows very clearly where our cold front is a 7 a.m. We will see increasing clouds this afternoon and rain should start tonight. We should have off and on rain, heavy at times, through the day tomorrow. Right now most forecasts give us only 1 or 2 inches on Roatan, but the numbers get bigger the closer you get to the coast, with La Ceiba forecast to get about 4 inches. Light rain may stay around for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with east/northeast winds 10 mph and seas 3 feet on the southside, 2 feet on the northside. Those winds should switch to the north, but stay pretty calm today. When you first wake up tomorrow winds may not seem too bad, but around midmorning we should start getting north winds 20-30 mph and seas 6 feet on the north side. Tuesday north winds will calm during the day, but may start out around 20 mph and seas 4-5 feet. Wednesday and Thursday look like good wind and seas day with a light north/northeast breeze.

High and low tides will be pretty mild as we move past the full moon phase. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. The photo of the day comes from Johnny Paradise in West End. I picked it because we are now in full moon and I have a special place in my heart for these nighttime photos with the moon shining off the water. When you send your photos to bookmybio@gmail.com don’t forget to include name and location.

This morning we were all dry except for Guanaja, which got a quarter of an inch around 3 a.m. They also got a small shower yesterday afternoon. People say a lot of things about differences in rain across the islands, but I can’t wait to have a full year of data from Guanaja for a true comparison.

Rain forecast: At 7:30 a.m. there are some popcorn clouds over Guanaja, so someone might see a small shower, but most of us will stay dry. For tomorrow morning we’ll go with a 30 percent chance of a morning shower, especially to the east, but Saturday will also be mostly dry. Sunday evening we’ll see an increase in clouds and probably the start of rain Sunday night. We will have the possibility of heavy norther rains on Monday, lingering into Tuesday morning.

Here’s the rainfall forecast for Monday. It’s giving us around 2 inches but you can see the numbers go up the closer to the coast you are. This is a classic norther setup as those north winds hit the mountains on the coast and rain themselves out.

Temperature forecast: I don’t often do temperature forecasts because the temps are almost always the same, but when there’s a norther we definitely get cooler weather. Here’s our current temperature map, with temperatures a little above normal. That means mid-80s for highs.

Here’s Tuesday night’s temperature forecast. Tuesday night looks like the coolest night of the norther. It shows temperatures 3-5 degrees fahrenheit below normal. For most of us that means right around 70 (21C) and perhaps some 68s and 69s (20C). Most of next week will be below normal, even when the sun comes out starting Tuesday afternoon, with highs around 80 to 82 (27C).

Winds forecast: Yesterday was actually a little less windy, with winds 25-30 mph instead of the 30-35 mph we had Wednesday. Today we will have one more day of strong trade winds from the east at 22-27 mph and seas around 5 feet on the south side. Tomorrow will be a little calmer with east winds 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Sunday will be quite calm with winds 5-10 mph and seas 2 feet. Sunday evening we will see the winds switch to the north. Monday morning should still be fairly calm, but by Monday evening we will be seeing north winds 20-30 mph and seas. Tuesday things get calmer at 15 mph and seas 5 feet. The rest of the week looks quite nice, with a small north breeze.

Low tides are 3:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. under our full moon. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Leo Weiss and was taken at the top of Punta Blanca, near the road to Diamond Rock. It features a common sight, especially on the east end. I think he’ll be able to hold his own in this wind.

Rain forecast: We had a few surprise showers yesterday, especially Guanaja, where there were off and on showers throughout the day. This morning at 7:53 we see some clouds moving in from the east over the east side of the big island, but they shouldn’t have showers in them, as they are mostly cirrus clouds. There are some popcorn clouds to the north of the island that may have a shower or two. We will be mostly dry today through Saturday. A norther starting Sunday evening into Monday and Tuesday will bring decent rain chances.

Wind forecast: We caught a gust of 38 mph yesterday evening here on Jonesville Point. This morning we are at 20 mph winds with 5 foot seas. We will continue to have strong east winds 20-25 mph during the day and 25-35 mph during the evening today and tomorrow. Winds get a little calmer Saturday at 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Sunday is much calmer with east winds 5-10 mph and seas around 2 feet. The cold front winds should arrive Monday evening into Tuesday morning and could get quite gusty, with north winds 20-30 mph and seas 6-8 feet. We’ll keep an eye on it.

Low tides are 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. Don’t forget to send me your weather photos at bookmybio@gmail.com to compete for $50 in scrumptious Carniceria Rosita meat! Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jim Butler in West End. Looks like someone took off their chanletas and jumped in for a swim. Remember the five with the most FB likes have a Super Bowl of photos of the day to win $50 in Carniceria Rosita meat and photo of the month. Most of us got rain this morning.

I’ll have to say the computers didn’t see our early morning rainfall coming.

Rain forecast: We still have a few clouds around so we’ll keep a chance of rain around until late morning. After that we should be dry. We have a little moisture coming overhead tomorrow morning, so I’ll give us a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow morning, but other than that we should be dry through the end of the week.

Wind and wave forecast: I don’t have to tell you that we’ve been windy. We will continue to have east winds 20-25 mph during the day and 25-30 mph gustin to 35 mph overnight. Waves will be 5-6 feet during the day and 6-7 feet overnight. Wave directions are still slightly from the northeast, giving the north side less protection. They should start moving a little more due east, meaning slightly more protection on the north side for the end of the week.

Extended forecast: Winds should get a bit calmer this weekend as a norther approaches. This norther should arrive Sunday night into Monday. The big story with this norther is that it looks like it might bring gustier north winds especially for Monday and cooler temperatures Monday and Tuesday. Rainfall forecasts are mostly in the 1-2 inch range, but that can change.

Low tides are 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Have a great Wednesday!