Good morning Bay Islands. At 7:30 a.m., we have a few small showers, one that is bringing a third of an inch to Palmetto Bay and another bringing some rain to Guanaja.

These are very small showers that will pass quickly and decrease as the morning moves along. We will continue mostly calm with east winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Rain chances will continue to be around 30 percent today and tomorrow, but go up tomorrow night into the rest of the week. Thursday will be a little windier at 12-17 mph but ther rest of the week looks pretty calm. Have a great Tuesday!

I went snorkeling off Oakridge for the first time in awhile and saw lots of coral turned light blue.

This picture isn’t mine, but it’s very similar to what I saw. I asked a dive instructor and he said that this is a defense mechanism when coral starts getting too hot. There is only one buoy that is sending live temperature readings.

It is at White Hole on the north side midisland. It says we’ve been at 30.4 C (almost 87F) for quite awhile now. This is a combination of hot weather and lack of wave action to churn the water. Bleaching is the result. Let’s hope rainy season and cooler waters get here soon.

Good morning Bay Islands. Last night just after midnight, we got a nice shower here on Jonesville Point giving us just over a tenth of an inch. You probably saw the light show last night from storms on the coast, but for most of us, they never made it to the islands, though Utila got a nice shower around 11 p.m. last night, good for .38 of an inch. Let us know if you got any rain in comments.

At 7:30 a.m. we have some clouds moving in from the southwest, but radar isn’t showing any rain in those clouds.

Our mild winds (5-10 mph) and seas (mostly 1 foot), will continue today and tomorrow. We will also have a very small chance of rain, mostly at night and in the early morning.

Wednesday seas should come up a bit to 2 feet.

Starting Wednesday night and Thursday morning, into the weekend, we will have a higher chance of scattered showers, about a 40 percent chance each day and night. Winds will be a little higher, at 12-17 mph and seas 2-3 feet Thursday and Friday. The weekend looks calmer, but with about a 40 percent chance of rain as well. Have a great week!

Today through Wednesday we will continue to have mild winds from the east 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Rain chances will be small and mostly at night or early morning.
Starting Thursday into next weekend our rain chances increase. The Caribbean tropics have been very quiet and there are no tropical storms in the forecast, but we will have more moisture and a more unstable atmosphere leading to more squalls the end of this week and the first of next week.
Have a great Sunday!

Sept. 16, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. There are two small showers just north of Barbarat and Morat that don’t seem to be moving our way. They actually don’t seem to be moving much at all and will probably disappear in an hour or so. We will continue to have mild winds and seas from the east 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Rain chances are low, but you can’t rule out a pop-up shower here or there. That will be the forecast, not only for this weekend but for much of next week. As we get to next weekend, the rain chances should get better. Have a great weekend! I hear there’s a big fishing tourney going on. Like I always say, September is one of the best weather months on the island if you’re interested in calm seas. Low tide is 4:15 p.m., but the tides are very mild.

Our forecast for today and the weekend is very similar to the past few days, except we will be slightly windier. Daytime winds will be 10 mph and nighttime winds 15 mph with seas at 2 feet. We will continue to have scattered showers and partly cloudy skies. Have a great Friday!

Much like yesterday at this time (7 a.m.) we have a small shower moving from east to west over Roatan. It has brought .13 of an inch at my place on Jonesville Point and is coming to an end. Our area of the Caribbean is mostly clear this morning, we just happen to be under this cloud. Yesterday was one of those tropical days where one location would get an inch in a sudden downpour and a location less than a mile away got nothing.
Today will continue with calm winds and seas, but the winds will pick up a bit toward evening to 10-15 mph and seas to 2 feet.
Tomorrow into the weekend we will have daytime winds around 10 mph and nighttime winds around 15 mph with seas mostly 2 feet, occasionally 3 feet.
Rain will be isolated. Most of the time we will be sunny but there will be hit and miss showers out there from time to time. As we get closer to new moon, we’re having pretty mild low tides but high tides are a bit higher. High tide tonight is 8 p.m. Have a great Friday!

There is a small shower at 7 a.m. south of Barbarat moving west. If it hold together it will give the island a chance of rain over the next hour, but its pretty small so it won’t get everyone wet.

This morning we are getting those calm winds and seas (mostly 1 foot, occasionally 2 feet) that we will see today and tomorrow. Friday into the weekend winds get back to 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. We will continue to have small chances of overnight and early morning showers, but overall, a mostly dry and calm forecast. Have a great Wednesday!

Sept. 12, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. This morning most of the showers are to our west, but at 7:15 a.m. there is one small shower between Roatan and Utila. Yesterday we saw some showers around 11 a.m., mostly on the west side, bringing about a quarter of an inch. Today the rain chance will be less, but we will still have a chance of a shower through the day and overnight, around 30 percent.
Winds this morning are 10-15 mph and seas around 2-3 feet, but they should calm and we will see winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet by afternoon. Those calm winds and seas will continue the rest of the week, with small chances of showers, mostly overnight.
This weekend looks much the same, if slightly windier, with winds getting back up to 15 mph and seas to 2-3 feet. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. There were some showers this morning mostly on the east side and around Guanaja. Among our reporting stations, only Punta Blanca reported rain, about a tenth of an inch. If you got rain, let us know in comments.

Today through Wednesday morning we will all have good chances of scattered showers. Most of the models give us between an inch and an inch and a half during that time period. As always, the chance of rain is greater overnight and in the early morning, but we will also have a decent chance of a daytime shower or thunderstorm during this period. It won’t be raining all the time and we will have periods of sun, but we all should get wet the next 48 hours.

Today winds will be from the northeast at 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet, except in squalls when we could get wind bursts and choppy seas. Tomorrow and the rest of the week winds and seas will get very calm.

After Wednesday morning, rain chances will be around 30 percent for the rest of the week and mostly overnight. Have a great week!