Good morning Bay Islands. Today’s photo comes from KJ Murray and shows the full moon’s reflection on Barefoot Cay near Brick Bay.

We had another cool morning this morning, with many of us getting down to 69 degrees (20.5C). Lots of locals have told me it is entirely too cool.

Our humidity is a little higher than it was a couple of days ago and we will get a little more humid through the weekend as this very week cold front comes near. But as it passes on Monday, it will give us another shot of dry air, so I expect temperatures to be quite comfortable into the first part of next week, with highs around 81 and lows around 71 and humidities lower than average.

Rain forecast: No rain today, but we should see a few more clouds tomorrow. Tomorrow night into Monday morning will be our best chance of seeing a small shower, but it shouldn’t amount to much. Next week looks mostly dry, with a small chance of rain returning late in the week into the weekend.

Wind and wave forecast: We start with light and variable winds and seas 2 feet on the south side and 1 foot on the north side. We will have quite a calm weekend, perfect for boating and fishing. Winds will turn to the north tomorrow but will still be light. Seas on the north side will get up to 2-3 feet Monday. Starting Tuesday we get those easterly trade winds back and seas will be around 4 feet on the south side most of the week.

Low tides are 2:50 p.m. and 2:50 a.m. under the full moon. Have a great weekend and get out there and enjoy the weather!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Bruce Plunkett at — you guessed it — Anthony’s Key. I have seen dolphin pods many times at other locations around the islands, especially running alongside a boat. They’re like the snorkelers of the sea world, coming up to enjoy a bit of our beautiful weather.

After enjoying record-breaking chill and dry weather (I got down to 42 percent humidity yesterday!) things are getting a little back to normal. Our lows this morning were mostly in the low 70s (low 20s C).

This morning we have a brisk east/southeast wind at 20 mph but seas are only 3 feet on the southside, 2 feet on the north. Winds will calm through the day to 10 mph from the east and 2 foot seas southside this afternoon. Starting tonight and lasting through the weekend we will have 1 foot seas around the island.

Winds will turn to the north Saturday afternoon through Sunday but only around 5 mph as a VERY weak cold front moves in.

We should be dry through the weekend with a small chance of a shower Sunday night into Monday morning. Next week winds turn back to the east and we get pretty windy Wednesday and Thursday, but we’ll be mostly dry.

I love the fact that Ikigai by Robby Molina gives you the choice of a Honduran ribeye and USDA prime beef. Sometimes a Honduran steak hits the spot, but sometime you have a craving for a US steak and when you do, Robby, one of the top 100 chefs in the world, knows how to make it juicy, flavorful and cooked to order. Take the short drive to French Harbour. It’s worth it.

We’re moving into the full moon phase with low tides just before 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Today’s photo comes from Adam Powers at one of my favorite beaches on the island in Sandy Bay. Lots of folks are wearing jackets and hoodies today, as we had the coldest morning on record in many places, including Sandy Bay.

We shattered our record low of 66 degrees in several places this morning. The record low for the big island now belongs to Jonesville, which recorded 62.6 degrees (17C). Sandy Bay got close at 63.1 degrees (17.3C). Almost all of us got into the 60s and Guanaja, which only this year got weather stations, recorded a low of 65 (18.3C)

One of the reasons that we are feeling so cool is that our air is incredibly dry for a tropical island. Right now (6:50 a.m.) the airport is showing a dew point of 58 degrees (14.4C). Dew point is a measure of how much humidity is in the air and as you can see in this chart, 58 is well in the comfortable range. In my five years here I never remember the dew point being below 60. During the day when the high was 77 at the airport (25C), our humidity was around 50 percent. That is unbelievably comfortable. Buoys around the islands give our sea temperature as 80 (26.8C).

Rain forecast: We have a few morning clouds around, but any sprinkles are very unlikely. We will be dry today and tomorrow. Saturday we will have partly cloudy skies as a VERY weak norther comes by and Sunday we will have a small chance of showers, especially in the evening.

Wind and wave forecast: This morning we have 3 foot seas from the northeast despite the fact that winds are only around 5 mph from the northeast. This afternoon winds will turn to the east and pick up to 10-15 mph, but seas should calm to 2 feet. Tomorrow winds will be light and variable and seas will be 1-2 feet and around 1 foot through the weekend. With continued mild temperatures this will be an outstanding weekend!

Speaking of outstanding weather, if you are in North America and planning a visit or a cruise stopping in Roatan, check out Jolly Roger Roatan. They are guaranteed to give you the best experience possible with the few hours you will have to spend on the island.

Low tides are 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Paula Szafranski in Diamond Rock. We start out the morning with cool air, cloudy skies and a few sprinkles. Those sprinkles will dry up pretty quickly and we will have a beautiful afternoon.

Most of us got down to 69 degrees this morning (20.6C) with Utila getting down to 67 (19.4C), just one degree from our all-time record low on the big island. Things will slowly start to get a bit warmer, but we will still be below average in temperature through the weekend, with lows around 72 and highs around 81.

Here is our rainfall since midnight, enough to get the ground wet.

On our satellite we can see our clouds, drifting slowly to the south. As the morning goes on we will see more sun and we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny this afternoon with dry conditions.

If you’re heading over to La Ceiba this morning there is a better chance of steady light rain this morning as those cool winds hit the mountains. Speaking of La Ceiba, I would like to welcome the first weather station to the area just south of La Ceiba between Nombre de Dios Park and Pico Bonito. I’ve long hoped we’d get a station on the coast.

Wind and wave forecast: Today our seas start out at 5 feet on the north side and northeast winds around 20 mph. Those should calm to 4 feet on the north side and 15 mph this evening. Tomorrow winds turn to the east 7-12 mph and seas from the northeast 2-3 feet. Friday winds will be from the east 5-10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. This weekend looks very calm with a slight north breeze.

Rain forecast: After we get these clouds out of here this morning, we will be dry and mostly sunny. This weekend there are a few clouds with a VERY WEAK cold front passing to our north and east that may give us a shower here or there, especially Sunday.

When we went to Ikigai by Robby Molina this weekend, my friend Elizabeth Leiva had the Shrimp Pineapple Fried Rice and it was nice and crispy like fried rice should be. Her husband Richies had the Shrimp Fettucine and absolutely killed it. I had the Creamy Chicken Pad Thai and it was delish. Come on out and have the best Asian Fusion experience on the island.

Low tides are 1:40 p.m. and 1:40 a.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kathy Deegan showing the sunset from Coco View. We have a windy morning with north/northwest winds 20 mph and seas 5-6 feet on the north side, but things start to get better today. I want to mention that calendars are now sold out at Hangover Hut in West Bay and there’s only one left at La Sirena de Camp Bay, If you want one, please text or message me and you can have it for the printing cost of 200 lemps.

Here is the rainfall so far today. Rain from yesterday evening would only add about a tenth of an inch to these totals for most of us. It was definitely a light rain.

And as we can see in the satellite, it is almost over. We are getting close to the back side of the clouds from the norther. This will mean mostly sunny skies for most of today, and dry conditions. There will be a small chance of rain tomorrow morning, but other than that, we are looking dry the rest of the week.

Winds today will be from the north/northwest 15-20 mph and seas starting out 5-6 feet on the north side will calm to 4-5 feet. We look much calmer on the south side this morning. Tomorrow winds will be from the north around 15 mph and seas 3-4 feet on the north side. Wednesday we will have north/northeast winds 7-15 mph and seas start to turn to the northeast at 3 feet. Starting Thursday, winds will be turning to the east, but only 7-12 mph and this weekend looks quite calm. With a bit cooler temperatures (lows around 72 and highs around 80) this will be an outstanding weather week.

With such great weather, if you’re looking for a great daytime excursion, you can do no better than Jolly Roger Roatan. Especially if you are considering a cruise excursion, be sure and check them out.

Low tides are 12:40 p.m. and 12:40 a.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Did I say I love seeing people in the weather photos? You gotta love the cute little girl in Rob Vagnier’s photo from West Bay. Remember the five photos with the most likes compete on Feb. 29 for $50 in food at La Sirena in Camp Bay. A norther is closing in this morning.

In the satellite you can clearly see the clouds on their way. Looks bad, right?

But when you look at the radar you can see that the heaviest rain is staying well to our north. The southern end of this cold front only has scattered showers.

This is the GFS forecast for rainfall for the next 24 hours. You can see that it is predicting about an inch for La Ceiba and less the farther north you go. If this forecast holds true, then Utila should get the most rain, a little under an inch. Usually the real totals aren’t this neat, so some folks will likely get close to an inch and others may get very little rain. But we will have clouds today. There will be a chance of rain tomorrow morning and after that decreasing clouds in the afternoon. Tuesday morning there will be a small chance of rain, but after that we will be dry, mostly sunny and cool for the rest of the week.

We start the day with winds from the west at 20 mph and seas 2-3 feet. As we get toward midday those seas should get a little wavier, especially on the north side, toward 4 feet and winds will come from the northwest 20-25 mph. Overnight seas will be up to 5-6 feet. Tomorrow winds will start to calm, turning to the north 10-15 mph and seas will start the day at 5 feet and calm to 4 feet on the north side. Tuesday and Wednesday light winds will still be from the north and seas 3 feet on the north side.

The end of next week into the weekend looks like beautiful weather, with mild winds and sunny skies.

The main courses on the new menu at Ikigai by Robby Molina look awesome. I’m a sucker for fried rice, or as many on the island call it, China rice. My wife will probably go for the vegan curry. No, she’s not vegan, but she loves curry and cauliflower. What do you want to try?

Low tides are noon and midnight under a half moon. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Debbie Shortlegs in West Bay and shows a full rainbow. We will have a chance of seeing one of these tomorrow, but not today, as we will have mostly sunny skies and winds from the east around 10 mph and seas 2-3 feet on the southside and 1-2 feet on the northside.

Wind and wave forecast: In the satellite we can see the cold front in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Around midnight tonight we will see our winds turn to the west. Around 9 a.m. we will start seeing 20 mph winds from the west and around noon those winds will turn to the northwest. That will turn our waves from the northwest around 3 feet, maybe 4 feet by evening. Monday morning should be the windiest and waviest period, with 25 mph northwest winds and seas 4-5 feet. Seas calm Monday evening to 3-4 feet. Tuesday through Thursday look like gorgeous days, with mild north winds, seas around 3 feet on the north side and mostly sunny, but cooler than normal conditions.

Rain forecast: As you can see in the rainfall forecast here, rainfall on the islands is not expected to be extreme. Sunday morning there is a small chance of rain. Sunday afternoon and evening the rain chance is better. There wiil be scattered showers Monday, especially in the morning. Total rainfall should be around an inch, probably a little more Utila and west Roatan, a little less east Roatan and Guanaja.
Like I said in the wind forecast. Tuesday through Thursday look like gorgeous days. There’s a small chance of a morning shower Tuesday, but after that we should be dry, mostly sunny, and cooler than normal with a little lower humidity than we’re used to.

Extended forecast: This may really be the end of our northers. Next weekend there is a small disturbance that could hardly be called a norther. The week following that we see a return of strong easterly trade winds and dry conditions that are typical of the dry month of March.

If you haven’t been to Ikigai by Robby Molina in the last couple of weeks, you haven’t seen the new menu. I’m very excited by some of the new dishes and can’t wait to taste them. I’m going to feature a different page of the menu over the next week or so. Let’s start with the appetizers. Robby’s spring rolls have always been crisp and delicious and I love goat cheese, so I will definitely be sampling the spring rolls, but I’m also curious about ceviche with watermelon. Yum!

We will have a very low tide at 11:15 p.m. Be careful out there and have a great weekend!

Our photo of the day comes from Bo Shomaker in West End. Not a lot of our photos of the day have a person in them and I like the fact that this one has a youngster in it. Many of us got a nice rain early this morning. But we should clear out. We’re looking for another weak norther followed by some cool, dry weather.

Here are our rainfall totals before 7 a.m.

Here are the clouds that brought the rain. You can see they are moving from east to west and there’s not much behind them, so after a chance of showers before 9 a.m. or so, we should be dry and mostly sunny.

Rainfall forecast: After this mornings clouds clear out we will be dry through this afternoon. The chance of rain tonight and tomorrow morning will be less than it was this morning, maybe 10 percent. Saturday will be dry. Sunday is the day our weak norther arrives. Some computers give us cloud and scattered showers all day Sunday and some say they will arrive in the afternoon, but we will have decent chances of off-and-on rain Sunday and Monday, but totals shouldn’t be much more than an inch. After a chance of rain Tuesday morning, we look really dry for the following week.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with east winds 10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Those will continue today, but as we get toward evening our east winds will increase to 20 mph and seas to 3-4 feet. Tomorrow winds will be light and mostly from the southeast, with seas starting the day 2-3 feet and ending the day 1-2 feet. Sunday winds turn to the west, then northwest at 20 mph and seas 2-3 feet from the west/northwest. Monday morning will be the windiest and waviest of the norther, with north winds 20-25 mph and seas 4-5 feet on the north side. After that they drop to 2-3 feet for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Temperature forecast: I don’t often do temperature forecasts for reasons I explain here: https://roatanweather.org/frequently-asked-questions…/
But I’m going to make an exception because this norther will bring us some cooler weather. Sunday and Monday will be cooler because of clouds and showers, but Tuesday and Wednesday will be cooler because of cooler drier air behind the cold front, as you can see on this forecast map that shows dry air in brown. Wednesday morning should be the coolest of all and the best chance of seeing some 69 degree readings on the islands (20.6C).

Low tide is 10:15 p.m.

I’ll be heading down island today to get the best meat on the island. James Thomas and his crew at Carniceria Rosita give you the best cuts and always serve it up just how you like it. Have a great Friday!