Jan. 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Another dry, windy day with seas 4 feet on the south side and 2 feet at the reef on the north side. Today will continue to be sunny with east winds around 15 mph and seas around 2-3 feet.

Tonight the winds should pick up to 20-25 mph and seas to 4-5 feet.

Tomorrow looks much like today, though winds tomorrow night look a little calmer at 17-22 mph.

Thursday winds should be calmer, with daytime winds 10-15 mph and seas only 2 feet.

Friday will be calmer still, with around a 40 percent chance of a shower as our winds start to turn to the northeast as a weak cold front passes nearby.

Saturday and Sunday look like days with calm winds and chances of showers. I don’t think we’re talking about heavy, three hour rains, just passing showers with a mixture of clouds and sun. In a lot of ways, this weekend may be good for getting out on the water if you don’t mind an occasional shower. Have a great Tuesday!

Jan. 2, 2023: Good morning, Roatan! We awake to partly cloudy skies and seas around 3-4 feet (1-1.3 meters) with east winds around 15 mph. We’ll deal with some morning clouds that will give way to afternoon sun. Seas calm to 1-2 feet (.3-.6 meters) as you travel to Ceiba.

Tonight winds are up around 20 mph and seas to 4 feet.

Tomorrow looks much like today, though tomorrow night the winds will be a bit stronger, to 25 mph and seas to 5 feet (1.6 meters).

Dry and fairly windy conditions continue through Thursday.

Friday the rain chances go up a little with the approach of a very weak cold front that will turn our winds to the northeast, though they shouldn’t be very strong. Saturday and Sunday we will have rain chances, though right now those rain totals don’t look very big. Have a great week!

Rainfall totals for December and 2022: We put 14.10 inches in the books, which was about average across the island. For 2022 we put 92.65 inches in the books, just slightly over the average for a year on Roatan. It was a pretty unremarkable year weatherwise, with no extremes in temperature and no serious effects from any tropical weather. We look forward to January, the last of our rainy season months, with an average of 11.19 inches.

Jan. 1, 2023: Good morning, Roatan and welcome to 2023! Yesterday Punta Blanca caught a shower good for .20 of an inch.

Our windy, wavy, dry weather will continue into the first part of next week, with daytime winds around 15-20 mph from the east and seas around 3 feet and nighttime winds gusting 22-27 mph and seas around 4 feet.

We are still looking for the arrival of a mild norther that will give us better rain chances next weekend, but not too much wind. Actually it will make our winds calmer than they are now. Have a great Sunday!

Dec. 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! And, though I know it is mainly of importance to folks from the U.S., Happy College Football Semifinal Saturday!

We had a pretty windy overnight which stirred up the seas, which are around 4 feet this morning (1.3 meters). For those riding the ferry to Ceiba, when we have strong east winds like we currently have, the ride usually gets smoother the closer to the mainland you get, because the mainland offers some protection against easterly winds, so the seas down there this morning are 1-2 feet.

We also have some low clouds this morning and can’t rule out a passing shower somewhere, but it is unlikely. Winds should calm a bit during the day to around 15 mph and seas to 3 feet (1 foot toward Ceiba). This evening and tonight winds pick up again to 20-25 mph and seas to 4 feet.

Sunday and especially Sunday night is even a bit windier with daytime winds around 20 mph and Sunday night winds gusting to 30 mph. Daytime seas will be 4 feet and nighttime up to 5 feet.

The early part of next week is also windy and dry.

Starting Friday and into next weekend, it looks like another cold front may pass through bringing us showers, though it doesn’t look as strong as last week’s norther. Have a great last day of 2022 and with apologies to any Buckeyes out there, Go Dawgs!

Dec. 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We have a few clouds coming in from the east that will give us partly cloudy skies this morning. I guess it’s possible someone sees a sprinkle, but it isn’t likely. We have seas 2-3 feet this morning, calming to 1-2 feet toward Ceiba. Winds will be mild today with easterly winds around 10 mph, getting up to 15-20 mph tonight with seas 3-4 feet. Tomorrow winds and seas should calm toward 2 feet. Tomorrow night winds will get back to 15-20 mph and seas to 3-4 feet and Sunday looks like the winds may stay up a bit 12-17 mph keeping seas around 3 feet. The entire forecast is almost completely dry. The next good chance of rain starts a week from today into next weekend. Have a great Friday!

Dec. 29, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We finally awoke to beautiful sunny skies and very calm winds. Seas are down to around 3 feet (1 meter) and should calm down to around 2 feet by afternoon.
Tonight winds will pick up out of the east to 12-17 mph and seas at about 4 feet overnight.
Tomorrow looks beautiful, if a bit windier than today around 10 mph and seas to 2 feet.
That forecast will be good for at least the next week. Have a great Thursday!

Dec. 28, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Most of us have gotten between 3.5 and 4.5 inches of rain since midnight Tuesday morning. Utila has recorded a jaw-dropping 10.83 inches. They also recorded the coldest temperature this morning at 69.8 degrees F (21 degrees Celsius). Today the Galaxy Wave resumes service, but I recommend you take your Dramamine, as the waves on the north side this morning are 2 meters (6.5 feet).

Today we will still have a chance of a scattered shower, especially in the morning, but clouds and showers should decrease through the day. Seas will be 4-5 feet around Roatan and 3-4 feet near Ceiba. Winds will be from the west at 10-15 mph.

Tomorrow should be quite a nice day with calm winds, clear skies and seas around 2 feet.

Starting tomorrow night we will have brisk winds over night from the east 17-22 mph that will give us 4 foot seas early in morning (around 2 feet near Ceiba). Each day those winds will calm to around 7-12 mph meaning evening seas around 2 feet. Clear skies and very little chance of rain continue into next week. Have a great Wednesday!

Dec. 27, 2022: Good morning Roatan! Our norther finally arrived. We’ve all gotten a lot of rain and we’ll all get a lot more, but the good news is that after tomorrow morning it should be over. As I mentioned in the previous post, the Sandy Bay buoy picked up some 10 foot waves this morning and the waves on the north side are averaging 7-8 feet outside the reef. Not surprisingly the Galaxy Wave yacht is canceled this morning and I’d be surprised if it ran this afternoon. We may see waves ease by a foot or so this afternoon to 6-7 feet.

Today will be quite rainy and windy, and I’m a little worried about some flooding in areas that like to flood, with another several inches falling through the day and especially overnight. We haven’t gotten much lightning with this system, but if we do, it should come tonight. The second morning of a norther is usually the freshest, so I’ll be looking for some 69 or 70 degree readings tomorrow morning.

Waves should improve tomorrow, with 4 foot seas here and 3 foot seas toward Ceiba. Winds will be from the west/southwest at 15-20 mph. After morning showers, rain should lessen tomorrow afternoon.

Thursday looks to be a gorgeous day with light winds, lots of sun and seas around 2 feet.

Friday into next week should be dry, but at night those easterly trade winds will pick up to around 20 mph. Seas will be 2 feet during the day and 4 feet overnight. Have a great Tuesday and take an umbrella!

Dec. 26, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We got quite a bit of rain on the far east and west ends of the island but less rain in the middle. West Bay and West End got almost an inch, while Punta Blanca got 2.22 inches and Politilly got 1.43. Seas this morning are around 5 feet, especially on the north side.

As you can see in the 9 a.m. radar, there is quite a bit of rain between the islands and Belize.

The Euro has those winds a bit stronger …

… than the GFS, but this circulation should create stormy weather for the next three days, especially for Tuesday.

Today clouds will increase, with the chance ofa shower increasing as we get further into the afternoon. Seas will remain around 5 feet, especially on the north side. Tonight and tomorrow we will have widespread showers, and winds should build from the west to 15-20 mph, perhaps a bit more in gusts. Seas will be 5-6 feet, and waves should be around 5 feet all the way to Ceiba. Tomorrow night into Wednesday morning we have a good chance of rain (the Euro especially thinks Tuesday night and Wednesday morning will be rainy, the GFS less so). On Wednesday, seas should start around 5 feet here, around 4 feet near Ceiba, but should calm a bit during the day to 3-4 feet here and and 2 feet near Ceiba by evening.
Starting Thursday we will have dry and windy weather, with winds especially in the evenings from the east 20-25 mph, through Monday. Have a great week!