I thought we might take a look at the difference between hurricanes in La Niña years and El Niño years. Last year was a major La Niña year and, just as this chart shows, we didn’t have to deal with a lot of hurricanes in the Caribbean. You will notice La Niña brings an increaseContinue reading “Difference between El Niño and La Niña for Roatan hurricane chances”
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Effect of La Niña on hurricanes on Roatan and the Bay Islands
One of the big questions people want answered is “How likely is my vacation to the Bay Islands to be interrupted by a hurricane?” The answer is usually not very likely, but let’s take a look at how we might be impacted by La Niña, which is expected to cool the Pacific waters by lateContinue reading “Effect of La Niña on hurricanes on Roatan and the Bay Islands”
Why Roatan has to worry about hurricanes a lot less than Florida
I found this graphic online that gives the hurricane danger of various countries on a scale of 0 to 10. You will notice that the countries with the highest risk are to our northeast. That is because the strongest hurricanes tend to form off the west coast of Africa and move in a west/northwesterly direction.Continue reading “Why Roatan has to worry about hurricanes a lot less than Florida”
El Niño/La Niña effect on the Bay Islands Part 1
Now that our boring forecast is out of the way, let’s talk about what the months ahead are going to be like. Let’s start with what our weather is normally. If you check out my Q&A here at https://roatanweather.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-roatans-weather/ you’ll learn that I usually don’t do temperature forecasts, because temperature here is almost always the same,Continue reading “El Niño/La Niña effect on the Bay Islands Part 1”
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