Feb. 2, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. I haven’t seen any groundhogs, but I saw a couple of island rabbits yesterday.
This morning we have some clouds and Punta Blanca just picked up .02 of an inch at 9 a.m. This morning around 1 a.m. West Bay got a quarter of an inch of rain.

We’ll have morning clouds and a chance of a light shower before we get sunny skies this afternoon. The main change in our weather will be much calmer winds, around 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet today and even calmer Friday into the weekend. We’ll also have clouds and scattered showers each morning through Tuesday, and our afternoons will be mostly sunny, but there may be some scattered showers even in the afternoon tomorrow.
Starting Tuesday we will get back to windy conditions with seas 3-4 feet and it will be drier through the middle of next week. We’re looking at more scattered showers for the weekend of Feb. 11. Have a great Thursday!

Feb. 1, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! The rain and clouds stuck around longer yesterday than I thought they would, giving many of us about a third of an inch of rain yesterday. We also got a round of rain just after midnight, giving many of us about a tenth of an inch. This morning we woke up with gusty winds and seas around 4 feet, especially on the south side.

Today we will have one more windy day and night, with daytime winds from the east 15-20 mph and nighttime winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet. There will only be a slight chance of rain tonight and tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow the winds will be a bit calmer, around 15 mph and seas 2-3 feet.

Tomorrow night into Friday morning there is a decent chance of seeing a shower. Friday should be partly cloudy with northeast winds 10-15 mph and seas around 2 feet.

Saturday through Tuesday there will be scattered showers each day, and the chance of heavy rain is better farther west. There will be periods of sun and clouds and periods of rain. Winds will be light and seas 1-2 feet. Have a great Wednesday!

As of 9:24 here are the rain totals for the island. As you can see, I’m the big winner here on Jonesville Point with about a quarter of an inch of rain.

Our current satellite shows clouds moving toward the northwest, so we should have some clouds and a few showers around through mid-morning. The afternoon will be sunny and getting windier as the evening goes along, up to 30 mph tonight. We will continue to have a chance of overnight or early morning showers tomorrow and Thursday, but otherwise mostly sunny and windy today and tomorrow. Thursday the winds start calming to around 15 mph and even calmer Friday into the weekend. Starting Saturday into the early part of next week we will have a better chance of scattered showers, around a 50 percent chance each day, but we will also have periods of sun each day. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning, Bay Islands! Most locations on the big island got a little under a tenth of an inch, though as of 11 a.m. West Bay, West End and Utila had gotten no measureable rain. There is still a small chance of a shower through about noon, especially west.
Otherwise today should be mostly sunny with east winds around 15 mph and seas around 3 feet (1 meter).
Tonight there will be another chance of an overnight or early morning shower, with winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
Tomorrow, especially tomorrow night and Wednesday night look pretty windy, with daytime winds aroudn 20 mph and nighttime winds up to 30 mph. Seas in the daytime will be 4 feet and 5 feet at night. Thursday winds start to calm as our next cold front approaches. Winds and seas Friday through Monday look much calmer and this weekend there is a good chance of scattered showers. Have a great week!

Jan. 29, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. This morning around 2:30 West Bay got a shower with .18 of an inch. Punta Blanca picked up a very light shower last night around 11:30. The rain on radar this morning is mostly to our north, though a small shower somewhere is possible. Otherwise it will be mostly sunny with east winds 15 mph and seas 3-4 feet.

Tonight the rain chance is very small with east winds gusting to 20 mph.

Tomorrow will be much like today, but tomorrow night into Tuesday morning there will be a better chance of a shower, around 30 percent.

Tuesday night through Thursday night will be a bit windier, with daytime winds gusting to 20 mph and nighttime winds up to 25 or perhaps 30 mph. Seas Tuesday night through Thursday will be 4-5 feet.

Friday the winds calm as we have another cold front get near, but it will probably fall apart just to our north, bringing us somewhat better rain chances this weekend, but it may be just like last weekend’s cold front, which fell apart and brought us almost no rain. Have a great Sunday!

Jan. 28, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We had some showers on radar west of Utila this morning, but no rain was recorded on the island. Our winds are generally from the northeast this morning and seas are 3 feet.
From now until Tuesday our weather will be the same, with daytime winds 15 mph from the east and nighttime winds about 20 mph and seas around 3 feet. Days will be mostly sunny. Each night there will be a small chance of a shower, but nothing major. Wednesday through Friday will be a little windier, with daytime winds around 20 mph and night time winds around 25 mph and seas around 4 feet.
This weekend there is a chance of rain, but like our last cold front, this one may disappear before it gets here. Have a great weekend!

Jan. 27, 2023: Good morning Roatan! As you can see from our radar at 7 a.m., most of the rain is to our west. Many locations on the east side got a small shower around 5 p.m. yesterday that gave us .01 of an inch of rain. Utila has gotten .04 of an inch over night. Hardly enough to keep the dust down.
Our seas and winds are much calmer this morning, 2 feet on the south side and 1 foot on the north side.
We can’t rule out a small shower somewhere, especially this morning, but we will be mostly dry and partly cloudy with northeast winds getting to 15 mph this afternoon and seas to 3 feet.
Tonight we will have another chance of rain, especially around sunrise, with east winds 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet.
Tomorrow should be mostly sunny with winds continuing 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
Tomorrow night the chance of rain is very small, perhaps 20 percent.
This cycle of small rain chances overnight to sunrise and nice days with 15 mph winds and 3 foot seas continues through Monday, when the chance of rain goes away completely and our nights get a little windier, up to 25 mph. We stay dry until the next front gets close to us next weekend. Have a great Friday!

Jan. 26, 2023: Good morning Roatan! This morning we have a front (norther) to our north and some clouds and showers to our south and east.

At 8 a.m. radar is picking up some showers near Cayos Cochinos.

Today we will have calmer winds than we’ve been having, with winds from the east at 15 mph in the morning and from the northeast at 10 mph in the afternoon. Seas will calm to around 2 feet (.6 meters). We will have increasing clouds and an increasing chance of rain through the afternoon. Rain chances will be highest overnight.

Tomorrow after a chance of morning shower, the afternoon should be partly sunny with only a small chance of a shower. Winds will be from the east around 15 mph and seas 2-3 feet.

Tomorrow night there is a decent chance of rain, but there should be less rain tomorrow night than tonight.

Saturday there is a small chance of a morning shower but we will be mostly dry with east winds 15-20 mph and seas 2-3 feet.

Saturday night into Sunday morning there is a very small chance of rain, perhaps 20 percent, and Sunday should be mostly sunny with east winds 15 mph, gusting to 20 mph Sunday night, and seas 3 feet Sunday and 4 feet Sunday night. Monday there is some indication of scattered showers, but after that the week should be mostly dry. We are still watching the possibility of a norther the following weekend. Have a great Thursday!

Jan. 25, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We definitely had a windy night! We had a gust of 34 mph here on Jonesville Point. We have one more windy night ahead before things start getting calmer. Today will be mostly sunny and winds will be around 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet. (1 meter)
Tonight winds get back up to 20-25 mph and seas to 4 feet.
Tomorrow things look quite a bit calmer, with the approach of a cold front.

You can see the front in this morning’s satellite stretching from Jacksonville, Florida through the Gulf of Mexico.

This forecast map shows the front approaching and weakening as it gets closer. Right now it looks like most of the rain will stay to our west. Many of the models only give us about a quarter of an inch for the whole period Thursday through Saturday. The further west you are, the more likely you are to see good rain, so Utila has a better chance than we do here on the east end. Winds tomorrow will be 7-12 mph and seas around 2 feet. We will have increasing clouds during the day and our best chance of rain is probably Thursday night into Friday morning, but there will be a chance of rain Friday, Friday night and Saturday morning, but much of the time we will have partly cloudy skies and dry conditions. Winds will be from the east/northeast at 12-17 mph and seas around 3 feet Thursday through Saturday.

Starting Saturday afternoon our rain chances go down and Sunday into next week we will have clear skies and a return of stronger easterly trade winds. Another cold front will get close the weekend of Feb. 4 bringing us another increased rain chance. Have a great Wednesday!

Jan. 24, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We got our early morning shower, which got up to half an inch of rain in Sandy Bay and mostly between a tenth and a quarter of an inch for the rest of us.

As you can see on the radar and satellite at 6:50 a.m. the rain is mostly west of Roatan, though Utila may pick up a shower from this wave between 7 and 8 a.m.

Today we will have a very small chance of a shower in the morning, followed by clear skies and increasing winds from the east. By sundown our winds will be gusting to 30 mph so be careful on the seas.

Winds will be gusty tonight, but should calm a bit by the first ferry tomorrow morning, with 7 a.m. winds 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet here and 1-2 feet at Ceiba. Tomorrow will be sunny and dry. Tomorrow night winds get back up to 20-25 mph.

Thursday winds will calm to around 10 mph and start turning to the northeast. Seas will be 2-3 feet. We will have increasing clouds during the day and a good chance of rain, especially in the evening and overnight into Friday morning.

Friday afternoon winds continue fairly calm around 10 mph and seas around 2 feet. Friday afternoon should be partly cloudy with only a small chance of rain.

Rain chances go up again Friday night into Saturday morning.

Saturday afternoon into the first part of next week we should stay mostly dry with easterly winds about 10 mph during the day and 20 mph at night. Have a great Tuesday!