Projected Bad Weather for Entire Cruise

[eltigre]

After having one cruise cancelled because of a hurricane & one western itinerary changed to eastern because of bad weather I watch the weather forecasts before a cruise.

 

The weather for my upcoming Princess cruise to Roatan, Belize & Cozumel has been consistently forecasting rain & possible thunderstorms for all ports.

 

I am wondering if someone could give me an educated guess on what my prospects are for this cruise.

 

I am really really hoping not to fly from Vancouver (yes rainy Vancouver) to spend the entire time indoors even if it is on a ship.;)

[Pam in CA]

It's the tropics. Gonna be sunny for four hours, rain for 15 minutes, and be sunny for the next two hours, etc.

[lax19]

But it's a warm rain :p

 

Last week in Cozumel, we had rain all day. Ranging from little drips to downpours. The sun finally came out about an hour before departure.

[flip side of fifty]

I was on this same cruise last year around the same time. Pam is correct, you may be out and about and there may be showers, but it's warm, it passes quickly and your on your way again. Don't worry.

[reedprincess]

After having one cruise cancelled because of a hurricane & one western itinerary changed to eastern because of bad weather I watch the weather forecasts before a cruise.

 

The weather for my upcoming Princess cruise to Roatan, Belize & Cozumel has been consistently forecasting rain & possible thunderstorms for all ports.

 

I am wondering if someone could give me an educated guess on what my prospects are for this cruise.

 

I am really really hoping not to fly from Vancouver (yes rainy Vancouver) to spend the entire time indoors even if it is on a ship.;)

Unless there's an actual tropical system in the area, that's the normal prediction for anywhere around the Caribbean at any point during rainy. season. (and mostly year round, especially if you're looking more than 24 hours out). There's always a chance of rain, always a chance of thunderstorms. Most likely is hot, humid and passing showers. It's basically worthless to check any international weather sites more than 24 hours out as it changes so very rapidly around here.

Unless of course, there is an actual tropical depression/storm)hurricane in the area, in which case the predictions are pretty accurate a fee days out and you can make changes. At this point in time, there are no systems anywhere in the Caribbean, and nothing with current potential to develop in the next five days. (yes, I know about Hurricane Kate, it's not in the Caribbean, and is heading out to Atlantic).

Hurricanes dot government and Stormcarib dot com for up-to-date information on the tropics

[Shogun]

Hi

 

Do not want to worry you, but many years ago we got stuck under a storm,

 

every day we moved it moved, folks kept saying first days rain in months,

 

heavy rain for about ten days non stop, ship started to flood there was

 

so much water coming down.

 

yours Shogun

[OCruisers]

Unless there's a tropical depression, rain doesn't last all day every day.

 

Look forward to having a great cruise! :D

 

LuLu

[PenguinLife]

November - January is the rainy season for Roatan, they get something like 75% of their annual rainfall in these 3 months, so this is to be expected. Having said that I spent a week on Roatan in November 7 or 8 years ago and while it did rain almost every day there was also sunshine almost every day for hours at a time. While it is true to expect random showers in the tropics any time of year, the showers on Roatan this time of year tend to last a bit longer than the typical afternoon thermal showers the rest of the year.

[Jldevlin]

Being from Vancouver as well I understand !!!! We did a Carribean cruise a few years ago and I also checked the weather for each port ... and each one said rain for the day we were going to be there. For a 10 day cruise we had 15 minutes of warm rain in Tortola just before our snorkeling trip ....and that was it.

[Kinkacruiser]

Why not study the climate stats for the area you will be cruising to and then select the driest month.

[PenguinLife]

In this case it is a question of trade offs for the Caribbean as Hurricane season traditionally runs June 1st - November 30th, then the central American rainy season runs through January. Also many cruise lines only run Caribbean cruises Nov - May before repositioning for summers in Europe or Alaska..

[eltigre]

Thanks All for the mostly reassuring comments. We are celebrating someone's milestone birthday in Texas with family so that is why the timing. I am going with a positive attitude and thank you for the information web sites reedprincess

 

Pat

[AKman2495]

Hi

 

Do not want to worry you, but many years ago we got stuck under a storm,

 

every day we moved it moved, folks kept saying first days rain in months,

 

heavy rain for about ten days non stop, ship started to flood there was

 

so much water coming down.

 

yours Shogun

 

That wasn't the ARK was it???

[PenguinLife]

Eltigre don't be too worried about the rain, just pack appropriately, we are doing the same cruise in December.

[Timeforvaca]

Every year we cruise in November.

Every year I look at weather reports for all the ports and stress out.

Every year, my husband tells me to quit it.

And every year, we have good weather the majority of the time.

 

PS - I'm totally checking the weather every day for our Regal cruise next week. :rolleyes:

[USNUZULOOSE]

Oh heck, I love the rain. We were in St. Thomas and it rained. It only lasted 10 minutes. Next time I plan to take a small umbrella and keep going. Just enjoy it and don't worry to much. Pack an umbrella.

[skf]

Not the tropics (Southampton England is NOT tropical), but we got there and it was pouring like Noah & his ark weather. We told a construction worker "we came here to get away from this nonsense" but he assured us there is no escape in South England.

[Cruiseboy86]

Intermittent showers in the Caribbean, DW and I call them "liquid sunshine".

[azdmelani]

It's the tropics. Gonna be sunny for four hours, rain for 15 minutes, and be sunny for the next two hours, etc.

 

Exactly.