Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Marcela Z. and shows a lone garza (heron) on the beach at Sandy Bay. I’m pleased to announce that Carniceria Rosita is generously offering a prize of $50 worth of their premium meats to the winner of the Photo of the Month contest. The five photos with the most likes will compete in a poll on Jan. 31.

Rainfall forecast: We will be dry today, but we will finally get a good chance of rain (60%) tomorrow, especially around midday. Most models say about a quarter to half an inch of rain. Rain chances continue into tomorrow night. We should dry out Thursday and Friday but rain returns for the weekend.

Wind and wave forecast: We start the day with east winds at 15 mph and seas at 3 feet, but we should calm a bit to 5-10 mph and 2 feet later this afternoon. Calmer conditions continue into tomorrow morning. Tomorrow evening into Thursday east winds will be 15-20 mph and seas up to 4 feet. Sunday into early next week looks windy from the east.

Don’t forget to get your Roatan Weather Calendar at Hangover Hut and La Sirena for $14 or 350 lemps. If you want to pick up at CC Printing in Coxen or Trico in Jonesville Point, contact me here or at 94754406.

I owe Mitch Cummins and apology for misspelling his name (fortunately he says it is a common mistake). What I didn’t get wrong is how healthy and environmentally friendly his dog food is. 10 percent of proceed goes to ROARoatan.

Low tide is 8 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Theresa Rath Spicer and was taken at sunrise from Keyhole Bay in West Bay. Our dry weather will continue today and tomorrow before we see a better chance of rain Wednesday. I’m very excited to announce that we will be hosting a photo of the month contest. The five photos with the most likes will compete for photo of the month on January 31! If there’s a photo you like in the month of January, go back and give it a like so that we can put it in the competition. Winner gets a prize from Carniceria Rosita! Yum!

Rain forecast: We will continue to be dry today and tomorrow. Wednesday into Thursday morning we will have a 50/50 chance of rain. After that, it looks like a norther will come close and give us a good chance of rain this weekend, especially Sunday.

Wind forecast: Yesterday was one of the flattest days we’ve had in awhile. It felt like it was September (the month I always promote as the best month to visit Roatan). This morning we have east winds 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet. We will be right around 2-3 feet waves and 15 mph winds for today and tomorrow and not much more than that the rest of the week. It will be a perfect time for tourists to book an excursion at Jolly Roger Roatan.

I don’t often like to talk about temperature but look at the temps this morning at 6:30. The south side was a couple of degrees warmer than the north side. That is common, because the sun is rising out of the waters on the southeast side of the island, giving us a couple of degrees more warmth than the north side. The opposite happens at sunset as us on the south side cool down faster than the sunny north side.

Low tide is 6:44 p.m. We are continuing to have very low tides. Yesterday evening was one of the lowest tides I can remember in awhile. Later today I will be doing a video about two upcoming northers over the next two weekends. Have a great week!

We answer the following questions: Why is it warmer in the morning on the south side? When will we get our next northers? Is there a restaurant on Roatan than can compete with the best restaurants in New York City?

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Bill Reiter at Turtle Crossing on the south side of West Bay and shows the sunrise at first light. The days are slowly starting to get a little longer but right now that is happening by sunsets being a little later in the day. Sunrises will be at 6:17 a.m. from now until Jan. 30. We’re going to start seeing a few clouds around but we’re mostly dry this weekend.

Rainfall forecast: We will start to see a few more clouds than we’ve been seeing and it isn’t impossible that sometime this weekend someone will see an isolated shower. We have a cold front to our north that will fall apart before it gets here, but it will pull in a few more clouds from the east. I’d put the chances at 20 percent, but most of us will stay dry until Wednesday evening/Thursday morning when a weak cold front gives us a 50/50 chance of a shower.

Wind forecast: Winds are relatively light and out of the south/southwest this morning with seas 2-3 feet. We’ll get a nice west breeze today 10-15 mph but the swell is still from the east, which will create some confusion as to wave direction, but we will stay generally around 2 feet today. Tomorrow looks quite calm with light winds and seas around 1 foot. Monday will start out calm but get windier toward evening with east winds picking up 15-20 mph and seas back up to 3 feet.

Extended forecast: Computer models are trying to give us a really good/wet norther Saturday evening (Jan. 20) through Monday (Jan. 22) but that’s a long way off and things can change.

Low tides are 4:40 p.m. and 4:40 a.m. Have a great weekend!

If your dog is hungry (and you know he always is) and you want to feed him locally sourced, healthy food get in touch with Mitch Cummings for more info at +504 9801-7828 on Whatsapp.

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!