Just to put this week's weather in perspective, this was an unusually strong norther cold front, both in terms of intensity & duration. Over the 2 years that we have lived on Roatan we have only seen 3 fronts like this, and this one was by far the strongest. These fronts are normally generated in the central U.S. & pickup their moisture as they come down the Gulf of Mexico, so they are rare before mid-November as it has to get cold enough in the U.S. to generate the cold front. Typically they don't occur past mid-January as the NE trades fill in, effectively blocking them from coming this far south.This is not typical rainy season weather, usually it's brief, strong, fast moving squalls lasting for 30 minutes or so followed by clearing, then another squall comes along a little while later. Often the rain occurs at night & there is much less during the day, as evidenced by Doc's report for the week that he was here. Over the past month we have had great weather on Roatan with very little rain during the days, until this system came in & it's gone today. Certainly this type of bad weather can happen anytime & is more likely this time of year, but that can happen any place, it doesn't make it the norm.
