July 17, 2023

For much of the night the rain was teasing us to the north, but we finally got some rain to come over the island around 4:30 a.m. giving West End half an inch.

Rainfall as of 6:30 a.m.

Several other locations got rain, but unfortunately for us, we’re still dry on Jonesville Point. At 7 a.m. most of the rain is well to our north, but there is the possibility of a small shower through mid-morning.
Rain chances tonight are pretty small, but they get better Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and much better Wednesday night through Friday or maybe Saturday. Thursday and Friday we could even have some midday or afternoon showers.
Winds will be from the east northeast at 10-20 mph and seas at 2 feet for much of the week ahead. Low tide is 2:45 p.m. Have a great week.

July 16, 2023

Good morning Bay Islands. We have a lot of clouds overhead,

but not a lot of rain.

The highest rain total as of 7 a.m. is .06 of an inch in West Bay. We will continue to have a small rain chance through the morning, but clouds should begin to decrease. Winds this morning are around 20 mph and seas at 3 feet. We will continue to be windy today with winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Tomorrow and into the coming week, winds will calm a bit to 15-20 mph and seas at 2 feet. We will continue to have small overnight rain chances, but those chances get a bit better Wednesday night through Friday. Low tide is 2:20 p.m. Have a good Sunday!

July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Around 8 p.m. last night rain moved over Roatan giving many locations about a tenth of an inch. This morning we are mostly sunny with southeast winds around 20 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter). We will stay windy today and tomorrow at 20-25 mph and seas getting up to 4 feet. Starting Monday and for much of next week winds should be from the east 15-20 mph and seas 2-3 feet.
Some of the computers are wanting to give us a bit of a better chance of rain late this afternoon and early this evening. Over the next few days we will continue to have small overnight rain chances, but the chances will go up Wednesday night into Thursday, with a good chance of some beneficial rain. Have a good weekend!

July 14, 2023

We had showers scattered around the island, but most reporting stations got nothing. We heard thunder and had a bit of rain around 3 a.m., but the rain meter up the hill from me in Jonesville Point got nothing. Only Palmetto Bay recorded any rain, with .06 of an inch.

Satellite at 6:30 a.m.

There’s a shower to the east of Guanaja right now, but it is moving to the south and should miss us. Otherwise, the satellite looks clear, so we should have a mostly sunny day.

Winds are pretty calm this morning at 7-12 mph from the northeast and seas are around 2 feet (.6 meters). They should stay that way today, getting windier tonight up to 20 mph. Tomorrow winds will be 15-20 mph and seas at 3 feet. Tomorrow night through Sunday looks windier with 20-25 mph winds and seas at 4 feet. The first of next week looks a little calmer again.

We will continue in this cycle of early morning rain chances and mostly dry days. The GFS model is wanting to give us a better chance of some downpours toward the middle of next week. Low tide is 1:15 p.m. Have a great Friday!

July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Looks like it’s been Utila’s morning to enjoy a rain shower. This morning the showers have been close to the coast of the mainland. We will keep a small chance of a shower through mid-morning and the afternoon should be dry. We will continue to have these chances of morning showers.
Winds will be calmer today and tomorrow out of the east 10-20 mph and seas around 2 feet (.6 meters). The weekend looks a little windier at 15-25 mph and seas around 4 feet (1.3 meters) getting up to 5 feet Saturday night and Sunday night. Winds look a little calmer first of next week, back to 10-20 mph. Low tide is 12:30 p.m. Have a great Thursday.

July 12, 2023

The west side finally got a good rain. It looks like two waves for most, one at 3 a.m. and one that has been passing through in the 6 a.m. hour. Sometimes the rain-cooled air creates a boundary that can create more showers. That is what happened yesterday when Camp Bay and St. Helene in the far east got a downpour mid-morning. These showers should generally decrease, though, and the afternoon should be dry.

Rain totals as of 6:30 a.m.

Lots of people have been asking where are July squalls are, and it looks like they have finally arrived. The period Friday through Sunday look like we will have an even better chance, but generally these scattered showers look like a possibility every morning, though we won’t all get wet every morning.
Today we will have east winds 15-22 mph and seas at 3 feet, but tomorrow and Friday look a bit calmer, with winds 10-17 mph and seas at 2 feet. Low tide will be around noon. Have a great Wednesday.

July 11, 2023

July 11, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. From radar it looks like Guanaja may have gotten a couple of rounds of rain and perhaps some thunder last night. Let us know in comments. The rain mostly missed the big island of Roatan to the north, though Punta Blanca did pick up .03 of an inch this morning.

Our windy conditions from the east at 20-25 mph will continue through tomorrow night, but Thursday and Friday look calmer with northeast winds 12-17 mph and seas around 2 feet.

Our chance of rain Thursday through Saturday will go up as well, though as usual, most rain should come overnight or early in the morning. Low tide is 11 a.m. Have a great Tuesday!

July 10, 2023

Radar at 7 a.m.

Good morning Bay Islands. Looks like there is a small shower at 7 a.m. just north of Camp Bay. Around 4 a.m. Punta Blanca picked up a meager .01 of an inch. We’ll continue to mostly stay dry over the next few days though chances for a small shower will get better the closer we get to the weekend.
We continue windy with east winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Those winds and waves will continue through the week, calming a bit on Thursday and Friday. The tropics continue to be quiet, with nothing looking like a tropical storm in the week ahead. Low tide is 9:50 a.m. Have a great week!

July 9, 2023

Radar at 6:45 a.m.

July 9, 2023. Good morning Bay Islands. This morning we have one lonely little shower well to our north, and it is moving away from us. This morning winds are around 20 mph and seas at 3 feet. Windy conditions will continue during the day with winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet (1-1.3 meters) and in the late evenings 25-30 mph and seas 4-5 feet (1.3-1.6 meters). Those winds should last at least through Wednesday night. The next decent chance of rain looks to be Thursday with a little better chance late next weekend. Low tide is 8:40 a.m. Have a great Sunday!

July 8, 2023

Satellite at 6:30 a.m.

July 8, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. We wake up to clouds and wind but not much rain.

Radar at 6:30 a.m.

There’s a lot of rain on the Belize coast. Dangriga got 2.5 inches, but none of that is coming this way. East winds will continue around 20 mph during the day and 30 mph during the late evening. Seas will be 4-5 feet (1.3-1.6 meters). Nighttime rain chances will be very small. Low tide is 7:25 a.m. Have a great weekend!