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RAIN OUT TODAY
#90111
03/14/2016 02:26 PM
03/14/2016 02:26 PM
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So far.....all we have seen here on the island today is rain....rain...and more rain. The sun has totally disappeared, and it is a very dark, dank and DEPRESSING day! In twenty five years or so of coming down, i think this is only the second time that it has been a washout day. It is now 2:30, and usually any storm would be gone...but so far looks like this one is staying close. Well, i guess a rainy day in SXM, still beats a rainy day anywhere else!!! Got here Saturday night late...and had a few sprinkles also, but it didnt last long. Yesterday was nice weather, but again some rain last night. I sure hope this weather pattern ends soon. Luckily, we still have another 19 days here.
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: EdB]
#90112
03/14/2016 03:26 PM
03/14/2016 03:26 PM
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Funny thing, Ed, years ago, pre timeshare and in the early days of owning same, we used to come in March every couple of years. And for the most part, every year we did we had less than terrific weather. It got to be so much the norm for us, friends used to ask if we were going because if so, they were not taking any chances. And yet, Kim has been going for quite a while now at this timeframe and this is the first March trip she's experienced bad weather.
It's one of those 'it is what it is!' things, and as is so often said, a rainy day on SXM will always trump most days this time of year here at home. Or, you could think in terms of the island really needs the rain. Or the golf course really needs it. Lots of platitudes, right? But you can't change what 'Mother' has in store for us so we just make the best if it. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: pat]
#90114
03/14/2016 03:51 PM
03/14/2016 03:51 PM
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Actually when we were going to Regatta every year, we often had a fair amount of rain and wind and it was somewhat chilly, although we never had a total rainout day then. In May a couple of years ago, we had two whole straight days of rain. And YEARS ago, when we were staying at Club O, we had something like four straight days of unending rain. We actually were happy to go home that time!!!
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: Sandysnow]
#90117
03/14/2016 04:16 PM
03/14/2016 04:16 PM
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Posts: 531 Beacon, NY
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Sandysnow said: We've been coming in Feb./March for 40+ years; this is the most rain & cloudy days I've seen. Yes, good for the island but today must be a record. Still no sun @ 4:00 PM. We went to Phillipsburg to shop & ended up just having lunch. Cruisers were drenched. This is 6 days of clouds/rain in the 3 weeks we've been here. We've had to dash to the beach when the sun comes out! I would agree, in our 30+ years coming here, cannot recall weather like this.
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: rpeter12]
#90119
03/14/2016 05:28 PM
03/14/2016 05:28 PM
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Yes, we have noticed that too. There seems to now be more rain in the supposed " dry season" and less rain in the "wet season"! It makes for interesting trip scheduling! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> Also there has been much more wind on this island than there was years ago. The weather has been noticeably changing!
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: EdB]
#90121
03/14/2016 05:42 PM
03/14/2016 05:42 PM
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Posts: 347 22degrees N. lat of Paradise
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I am in NJ and it has been raining all day and is 42 degrees I can assure you are rainy day in SXM is better than anywhere else. Find a bar <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />
"May the Fourwinds blow you safely home."
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: dawnbeachette]
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03/14/2016 09:20 PM
03/14/2016 09:20 PM
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Posts: 184 Michigan/Newfoundland/Canada
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dawnbeachette said: Sort of feeling your "pain" Sandy...but know our garden must be happy today!! All blooming happily - had to move pots around, they & the island were swamped! I'm sure the mosquito larvae are hatching happily also!
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: Sandysnow]
#90125
03/14/2016 10:19 PM
03/14/2016 10:19 PM
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Sandysnow said: We've been coming in Feb./March for 40+ years; this is the most rain & cloudy days I've seen. Yes, good for the island but today must be a record. Still no sun @ 4:00 PM. We went to Phillipsburg to shop & ended up just having lunch. Cruisers were drenched. This is 6 days of clouds/rain in the 3 weeks we've been here. We've had to dash to the beach when the sun comes out! Hello again, My Friend......... So you've been there for three weeks and you have haid six days of rain? Wow! I don't think we've had that much rain in Forty-three years of SXM trips. Honest! Hopefully tomorrow you can put the rain umbrellas away and settle for beach parasols instead!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: RAIN OUT TODAY
[Re: pat]
#90126
03/14/2016 11:59 PM
03/14/2016 11:59 PM
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Posts: 184 Michigan/Newfoundland/Canada
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pat said:Sandysnow said: We've been coming in Feb./March for 40+ years; this is the most rain & cloudy days I've seen. Yes, good for the island but today must be a record. Still no sun @ 4:00 PM. We went to Phillipsburg to shop & ended up just having lunch. Cruisers were drenched. This is 6 days of clouds/rain in the 3 weeks we've been here. We've had to dash to the beach when the sun comes out! Hello again, My Friend......... So you've been there for three weeks and you have haid six days of rain? Wow! I don't think we've had that much rain in Forty-three years of SXM trips. Honest! Hopefully tomorrow you can put the rain umbrellas away and settle for beach parasols instead!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> Counting on it Pat! Glad we went to Grand Case Beach yesterday despite the predicted showers & few cloud covering. Yes, very unusual! But also true for home with higher temps., etc. Hope for a few sunny days before we head home. It's always a vacation whatever the weather!
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