Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Kelly Kosmin and was taken from a fishing boat at the very western end of the island off West Bay. This morning we do not have this many clouds, but we will see a few more this weekend and perhaps someone will see a little sprinkle.

Rain forecast: We will have clear, dry conditions today. Tomorrow into Sunday morning we will at least have a few more clouds and perhaps a light shower somewhere as a cold front falls apart to our northeast. Rain chances are low this weekend, around 20 percent. After that our next decent chance of rain comes Wednesday into Thursday, but that is looking less likely each day as well. The models are still trying to give us a good norther the following weekend, but sometimes we see this pattern at the end of rainy season, when cold fronts are forecast to come, but fall apart as they get here.

Wind forecast: We start out the day with 15-20 mph southeast winds and waves from the northeast at 4 feet east Roatan and Guanaja, 3 feet west Roatan and 2 feet Utila. Winds and seas will calm during the day to 10 mph and seas to 2-3 feet. Tomorrow we wil have west winds 10-15 mph and seas will be 2-3 feet and a little bit confused as to direction. The swell will still be from the east but the winds will be from the west, trying to push seas from that direction. Sunday looks quite calm with southeast winds at 5 mph and seas 1-2 feet. The early part of next week looks fairly calm too. If you’re on a cruise next week, it will be perfect timing to plan your excursion at Jolly Roger Roatan.

2024 Roatan Weather calendars are now for sale at La Sirena near Camp Bay. I hear Jimmy Andrade is having a big event Sunday so that might be a good time to check out the calendar if you are on that side. Remember that the calendar is also available for sale at Hangover Hut in West Bay and can be picked up at CC Printing if you contact me first at 94754406 on Whatsapp or message me here. Cost is $14 or 350 lemps.

Low tides are 3:45 p.m .and 3:45 a.m. under a new moon. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from West End from Marguerite Vestel. A very nice, almost cloudless sunset and today, despite the fact that we have a cold front nearby, we remain almost cloudless.

Rain forecast: On radar we can see the line of showers and storms disappearing in the dry air just off the west coast of Cuba. I kept a 20 percent chance of rain in for today, and I still think it is not impossible that someone gets a shower later today, but most of us will be clear. We are in a very dry atmosphere so after today there is very little chance of rain. Next best chance comes Wednesday of next week.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with a very odd situation. Winds are from the west 10-15 mph and seas are from the east 2-3 feet. Winds will calm to 10 mph this afternoon and seas will calm to 1-2 feet, so a beautiful day on the waters. Winds turn back to the east tomorrow at 10 mph in morning and 15-20 mph in the afternoon. Seas will start at 2 feet in the morning get up to 3-4 feet tomorrow evening. This will be a great week for cruisers to book their excursion at Jolly Roger Roatan.

I will be heading down island this afternoon delivering calendars. Let me know if I can drop off yours by messaging me or texting me to 94754406.

Low tides are 2:15 p.m. and 2:15 a.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Phil Sikora and is taken from Carib Bight just below Juticalpa here on the east side. I chose it because it shows the mountains of the mainland in the background. You need a clear day to see the mainland and in my experience I would say we can see it clearly about 40 percent of the time. As you look southwest from the east side and due south from the west side, you see the mountains of Nombre de Dios National Park (what a great name for a park.)

Rainfall forecast: Today will be sunny and dry. The map I posted here is for tomorrow morning, and it shows a cold front that brought tornados to the panhandle of Florida today moving out to sea. But as you can see, the tail end near our islands is very weak, so our chance of rain is very low, but not zero. I’ll say we’ll see more clouds tomorrow morning and about a 20 percent chance of catching a shower. After that it is dry until Sunday when another weak cold front comes near. After that it is dry until Wednesday, when we get a better chance of a good cold front bringing rain.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with east/southeast winds 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. As the day goes on winds will calm to 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Tomorrow winds turn to the west around 10 mph but seas will still be from the east 2-3 feet, especially for Roatan and Guanaja. Utila may see seas turn a bit to the northwest, but should only be 2 feet in the morning and 1 foot in the evening. Thursday starts out quite calm, but Thursday night into the weekend, winds and seas pick up from the east.

We’ve seen a good response to Roatan Pets. It’s a great product and don’t forget that 10 percent of proceeds goes to rescuing the needy pets on the island. Contact Mitch Cummings for more info at +504 9801-7828 on Whatsapp.

Low tide at 1:30 a.m. will be very low. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from James Thomas and was taken from Plaza Mar looking south toward the bay. James is the owner of Carniceria Rosita and this weekend for the first time I made hamburgers using Rosita’s beef and they were amazing, without all the filler you get in grocery store ground beef. This was 100 percent cow and it was delicious. Our weather will be delicious too.

On satellite at 7:30 a.m. we can see a couple of popcorn clouds midisland and on Guanaja that might bring a short shower or two this morning, but other than that we should be sunny and windy today.

Speaking of small chances of rain Mike Strine’s meter in Camp Bay picked up .07 of an inch around 4 a.m.

Our GFS forecast model shows a series of cold fronts trying to make it this far south and failing. Each of these will give us small chances of rain. The first one comes Wednesday, about a 30 percent chance of rain. The next comes Sunday with about the same chance. Finally the forecast for a week from Wednesday is that a cold front finally brings us good rain, but that’s a long way off. In between those days we should be dry and sunny.

We start the day with 20 mph east winds and 3 foot seas. Those winds and seas will build throughout the day, 25 mph and 4 foot by afternoon, 25-30 mph and 5-6 tonight. Tomorrow winds will get calmer through the day, 17 mph east winds and 3-4 foot seas in the morning to 12 mph east winds and 2-3 foot seas afternoon. Wednesday winds turn to the west as our weak cold front tries to come with west winds 15 mph and seas around 2 feet, but coming from various directions because the swell will still be from the east. Thursday into the weekend winds turn back to the east.

Low tides are 2:15 p.m. and 2:15 a.m. Have a great week.

BTW I will be heading to Big Bight and First Bight today with calendar deliveries. If I haven’t gotten in touch with you let me know and we will arrange a delivery or pickup. If you’re still interested in a calendar, please message me.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Shedna Woods and was taken at Camp Bay Beach at sunset. We will have many more of these gorgeous sunrises and sunsets because we only have a few clouds here and there and bright sunshine. We will have sunny skies and no rain today. Tomorrow a cold front to our north will push east winds at us. I’ll say maybe a 10 percent chance that someone sees a shower tomorrow but it is unlikely. Tuesday is dry and Wednesday we will have a 20 percent chance of a shower with a very weak cold front turning our winds to the west.

This morning we have southeast winds on the far east side of the island and Guanaja at 15 mph, lighter winds for west Roatan and light west winds for Utila. Those winds will calm during the day as our seas go from 3 feet on the south side to 2 feet. This evening and tomorrow we will get windier from the east with winds tomorrow 17-22 mph and 20-28 mph tomorrow night. Things calm down on Tuesday before we get mild west winds on Wednesday with a very weak cold front.

We want to welcome the weather station put up by Paiz Sloane on Guanaja which now gives us TWO weather stations on that island. We can’t wait to include them in our rain totals … when we get some rain.

Don’t forget, today is the day to chow down on some of the best lobster on the island during the Sunday Lobster Special at Ikigai by Robby Molina in French Harbour.

We have a very low tide at midnight tonight. Have a great Sunday!