Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from John Atkins in Mangrove Bight, but not the Mangrove Bight on Guanaja. Evidently we have one on Roatan too, between Gibson Bight and West End. We have some shower activity on satellite This beautiful sound comes from Jimmy Andrade, near his Las La Sirena deContinue reading “April 26, 2024”
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April 25, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our full moon photo today was taken by Phil Sikora at Carib Bight below Juticalpa. We had a question in yesterday’s comments about the sargassum. We will take a stab at guessing when it gets less stinky. Let’s start with our satellite photo. We see some popcorn clouds at 6:50 a.m., especially aroundContinue reading “April 25, 2024”
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”
Dec. 17, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Julie Elpus at the tip of West Bay where the north side of the island meets the south side. You can definitely see the winds we had and the white caps. We are still dealing with seas 4-5 feet on the north side, aContinue reading “Dec. 17, 2023”
Special marine forecast for Sunday evening Dec. 17, 2023
Special forecast for Boat Parade for Sunday evening: I have received a request to do a special wind and wave forcast for a parade of boats that is scheduled for Sunday evening starting at 5 p.m. on the southeast side of the island (Jonesville, Calabash, Port Royal area). I know that Sunday is the dayContinue reading “Special marine forecast for Sunday evening Dec. 17, 2023”
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