leaving tonight - weather updates?

ppxyz · 09-01-2005

pls. let me know how is the wether today. cancun.bz says heavy t-storms tomorrow. first time to cancun. pls. advise

Michael · 09-01-2005

ignore the forecast it will be wrong

Munichchick · 09-01-2005

Michael is right! It always seems to show rain, clouds and thunderstorm on the weather sites. We have been going to the Riviera Maya for years now over Laborday Week and so far every time we experience only some short torential rain storms with the sun out 20 minutes later. Or you get a thunderstorm and than shortly after it is sunny again. We actually love watching thunderstorms over the ocean or Mayan Ruins. I love feeling the electricity in the air and that rumbling. If it is at night to us it is very romantic. We don't get many thunderstorms in Southern CA and I kind of miss them from living in Germany. I am sure you will have a great time! We will arrive on Saturday.

Michael · 09-01-2005

I'm waiting to see snow in the forecast. It woud not be a complete suprise to see that on weather.com especially in December.

PlayadelSoul · 09-01-2005

Right now, a big thunderstorm seems to be moving slowly in. However, this is the first one I have seen during the day in a while.

As Michael said, they always forecast thunderstorms. I suspect this is the CYA method of weather forecasting. Since we are surrounded by tropical jungle, the chances are good that there will be a thunderstorm somewhere in the area at any given time. The rest of the time, it is sunny. Enjoy.

**Susie Q Roo** · 09-01-2005

Truth is, a HUGE thunderstorm is pouring like crazy where I am right now. Which probably means that in Playa it's dry as a bone, and also that it will be great weather for you tomorrow, once it gets this out of its system

Mikey · 09-01-2005

Playa too....

PlayadelSoul · 09-01-2005

Just stopped. As usual, a 30-minute deluge that floods the roads for a couple of hours. Cooled things off a bunch, though. Today has been hot, hot, hot.

Sonia · 09-01-2005

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Originally Posted by PlayadelSoul

Just stopped. As usual, a 30-minute deluge that floods the roads for a couple of hours. Cooled things off a bunch, though. Today has been hot, hot, hot.

You betcha!
We've been praying for a little rain the past few days, it's cool and nice right now!!!

Munichchick · 09-01-2005

It is an interesting thing. Let's say it is cloudy and raining in Playa just drive South or North 1/2 hr and most likely it will be sunny there. Works the other way around as well. Kind of like the cloud that follows the Pink Panther.

Page · 09-01-2005

Susie, I'm on Calle 26 and we got a major downpour at the same time as you. Now it's still cloudy but it's drying up. Nice drop in temp too!

PlayadelSoul · 09-01-2005

I think this last one pretty much covered all of us. It was pretty big. It took over an hour for it to move in, as I heard the thunder long before the first raindrop.

Michael · 09-01-2005

I guess a more precise technical answer is not that the forecast is wrong, but that it is completely misleading.

PdS provides this more exact explanation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlayadelSoul

Since we are surrounded by tropical jungle, the chances are good that there will be a thunderstorm somewhere in the area at any given time.

That is what normally happens. So you may have a glorious beach day in for most of the time in Playa, Meanwhile Susie is getting soaked in Paamul.

And it is really nice to have a storm blow through on a hot day. So don't worry about the weather. The chance of a "rain stops play" vacation are very remote. If you do find yourself stuck on a rainy day, you may want to go south along the coast.

Occasionally a storm will hover over one place. It is not that common but it can happen. Last year we saw this in Playa. We drove south and by the time we reached Aventuras, the weather was nice. By the time we reached Akumal the weather was perfect. When we returned to Playa that evening, we heard that it had rained all day.

Earlier this year, my wife and I stayed at the Playa Maya and we spent the early morning hours swimming off the beach in front of the hotel, we were done by 10am. And just as we got into the hotel a storm hit. We were so lucky, if we had spent a few minutes more in the water we would have been soaked.

**sctx** · 09-01-2005

and people think i'm being mean when i say it rains all the time

Jacko · 09-01-2005

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Originally Posted by michaelholmes

We were so lucky, if we had spent a few minutes more in the water we would have been soaked.

Classic!

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Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 4,162	ignore the forecast it will be wrong

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Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 857	Michael is right! It always seems to show rain, clouds and thunderstorm on the weather sites. We have been going to the Riviera Maya for years now over Laborday Week and so far every time we experience only some short torential rain storms with the sun out 20 minutes later. Or you get a thunderstorm and than shortly after it is sunny again. We actually love watching thunderstorms over the ocean or Mayan Ruins. I love feeling the electricity in the air and that rumbling. If it is at night to us it is very romantic. We don't get many thunderstorms in Southern CA and I kind of miss them from living in Germany. I am sure you will have a great time! We will arrive on Saturday.

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Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 4,162	I'm waiting to see snow in the forecast. It woud not be a complete suprise to see that on weather.com especially in December.

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PlayadelSoul Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: We'll know when we get there, We'll find mercy Posts: 8,965	Right now, a big thunderstorm seems to be moving slowly in. However, this is the first one I have seen during the day in a while. As Michael said, they always forecast thunderstorms. I suspect this is the CYA method of weather forecasting. Since we are surrounded by tropical jungle, the chances are good that there will be a thunderstorm somewhere in the area at any given time. The rest of the time, it is sunny. Enjoy.

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Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,531	Truth is, a HUGE thunderstorm is pouring like crazy where I am right now. Which probably means that in Playa it's dry as a bone, and also that it will be great weather for you tomorrow, once it gets this out of its system

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Mikey he likes it! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 15,666	Playa too....

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PlayadelSoul Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: We'll know when we get there, We'll find mercy Posts: 8,965	Just stopped. As usual, a 30-minute deluge that floods the roads for a couple of hours. Cooled things off a bunch, though. Today has been hot, hot, hot.

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Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 857	It is an interesting thing. Let's say it is cloudy and raining in Playa just drive South or North 1/2 hr and most likely it will be sunny there. Works the other way around as well. Kind of like the cloud that follows the Pink Panther.

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Page life=playa Join Date: May 2003 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico and Tweed, Ontario Posts: 719	Susie, I'm on Calle 26 and we got a major downpour at the same time as you. Now it's still cloudy but it's drying up. Nice drop in temp too!

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PlayadelSoul Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: We'll know when we get there, We'll find mercy Posts: 8,965	I think this last one pretty much covered all of us. It was pretty big. It took over an hour for it to move in, as I heard the thunder long before the first raindrop.

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sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,181	and people think i'm being mean when i say it rains all the time