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October 15, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Regina Alpaugh and shows a full moon over Tita’s Pink Seahorse in West End. Don’t forget the most-liked photos will compete Nov. 1 for $50 in Café Rubio coffee. We are moving back into full moon phase, but we might not get to seeContinue reading “October 15, 2024”

July 5, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. Hurricane Beryl moved a little north of predictions and hit the island of Cozumel dead on. It had around 115 mph winds when it hit there, and is now entering the mainland of Yucatan at 100 mph. It is expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten Deep SouthContinue reading “July 5, 2024”

July 4, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. you would be forgiven for thinking that the storm you are looking at is three storms. This is the degradation of Hurricane Beryl due to shear that we’ve been talking about all week. The actual center of the storm is the part southwest of George Town, Grand Cayman and according toContinue reading “July 4, 2024”

July 1, 2024

Good morning Bay Islands. I’m going to suspend the photo of the day until the storm threat has passed, but later this morning I will post the poll so you can vote on June’s photo of the month. The headlines today: Hurricane Beryl will pass through Grenada within a couple of hours as a categoryContinue reading “July 1, 2024”

Difference between El Niño and La Niña for Roatan hurricane chances

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”

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”