Welcome to the northeast side of the island of Roatan. This is the first report of foul weather that yours truly has made from this location this Hurricane season. We all felt like we had dodged the bullet, but mother nature has other thoughts. We also have had very little inclimate weather this Fall, but apparently that is fixin' to change abruptly. (Fixn', a word used in Texas and surrounding area, it means you or whatever is going to DO SOMETHING). I lived in Texas for over thirty years, so picked up some of the slang.
Now the storm:
The area of low pressure (97L) in the southwest Caribbean is now called TD11. The Hurricane Tracking airplanes are investigating the system this afternoon. If they find The conditions are favorable than it will probably be upgraded to a tropical storm named IDA. There is anticipation that the system will track slowly northwestward and come ashore on the coast of Nicaragua tonight and continue up the coast of Honduras tomorrow and this weekend continuing northeast on thru to the east of Belize on Monday.
Heavy rain is the main threat and will impact Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica. The heaviest amounts of 10 to 20 inches are expected in eastern portions of Honduras and Nicaragua. Flooding and mudslides will be likely as a result. The winds were clocked at 35 mph with higher gusts earlier today. The center of TD11 was located near latitude 11.8 n...82.3 west. TD11 has been moving west/northwest at 7mph.TD11 should reach the coast of Nicaragua this evening, early Thursday AM.
Ralph and Gerry Shotswell
La Casa Verde en Punta Blanca,
Roatan, Honduras
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