Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Matthew Ramos off of a dock in West Bay looking toward the setting sun. We have mostly clear skies for the first time in a long time. That should last through tomorrow. Our satellite this morning is mostly clear and will stay that way today.Continue reading “July 23, 2024”
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July 9, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Brandi Conway and was taken from Infinity Bay. It shows cumulus clouds on the horizon at sunset. We had some morning cumulus clouds today bringing east side rains around 4 a.m. Those clouds should clear out and we should be mostly sunny and windyContinue reading “July 9, 2024”
June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris
The good news is that the storm is trending in the right direction for us — northward. We are now on the very southern edge of the cone of uncertainty. It is not impossible for it to come our way, but chances are good it passes north of us, gives us some moderate westerly winds on ThursdayContinue reading “June 30, 2024 evening update for Hurricane Beryl and Potential Storm Chris”
Declination of the sun over Roatan
In our recent discussions about temperature on Roatan, I noted that May and September seem to be the hottest months of the year, which I attributed to lack of clouds and, especially in September, calm winds. But Roger Quigg of Jolly Roger Roatan pointed out the role of declination, that is the angle of theContinue reading “Declination of the sun over Roatan”
April 26, 2024
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”
March 1, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Sandra Mulinari in Palmetto Bay and shows Finn loyally waiting on deck for his master to comes back from a dive. Finn definitely hopes to get lots of likes for this photo and a chance at $50 in food from Roatan Pets as winnerContinue reading “March 1, 2024”
February 20, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Lucie Pineault who lives in Quebec City in Canada, but who was in Roatan this December past and took this photo in West Bay. Remember that the five photos with the most likes will compete on Feb. 29 for $50 in food from LasContinue reading “February 20, 2024”
January 3, 2024
Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Patti Yelinik and was taken at the end of Kai Linda Way in West Bay at sunset. The big story of the day is that Jonesville got just one degree away from our all-time recorded low temperature on the big island. It reached 66.9F (19.4 C). ManyContinue reading “January 3, 2024”
December 29, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. Our picture of the day comes from James Oden and shows a waterspout from Nov. 1 off Sandy Bay. Waterspouts are an interesting phenomena. While tornados are almost unheard of in our region of the tropics, waterspouts are fairly common. They form and disappear quickly and create winds generally less thanContinue reading “December 29, 2023”
December 28, 2023
Good morning Bay Islands. This morning’s photo of the day comes from Matt Harper and shows the bright lights of Bodden Bight in St. Helene at sunrise. These high cirrus clouds are in advance of a norther (cold front, frente frio) that should bring a little rain the evening, more rain tomorrow and a lotContinue reading “December 28, 2023”
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