Cancun and Riviera Maya Weather for Friday September 3, 2010 including Puerto Morelos, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Aventuras, Tulum and the Islands of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres.
Weather Discussion:
Today we got off to a beautiful day here in the Riviera Maya with Sunny skies and warm temperatures in the morning, last night we had beautiful clear skies, you could see all the stars from the beach and the lights on Cozumel, the day is looking to be quite nice again.
Tropical Storm Gaston that formed 2 days ago in the Tropical deemed to be Gaston the Terrible fizzled out thats to lots of Backwash conditions from his 3 amigos Danielle, Earl and Fiona. But lets not give up on Gaston just yet, he may have fizzled out to nothing but some disorganized clouds and showers But, those clouds and showers DID increase overnight. Conditions in the Tropical Atlantic are VERY FAVORABLE for re-development of this now low pressure area as it crawls west at 5 mph / 7kph for the next couple of days.
Another Tropical Wave located between the Coast of West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands is producing alot of showers and thunderstorms and conditions are somewhat favorable for this system to become a tropical event in the next couple of days and later be the next named storm of the season.
Tropical Satellite Image for the Caribbean, gulf of Mexico and Mexico in General
In the Central, South and Southeast of Mexico we continue to have unstable conditions as well as a low pressure area the result of that yellow line you see there that are Low Pressure Troughs through the central and western part of Mexico Bringing Unstable Conditions to the areas of Central Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Northern Chiapas. There is an intense storm area in the Pacific just off the Coast of Chiapas which is causing Showers and Thundershowers in that area and could bring more rain to an already soaked region. We have a Tropical Depression off the coast of Baja California Sur which is the remnants of Hurricane Frank moving to the northwest.
Here in Cancun and The Riviera Maya we have mostly sunny skies giving way to Partly Cloudy. We have a chance of scattered late evening showers. Most of the day there will be a nice breeze blowing 6 to 8 mph. The conditions in the Caribbean are NOT FAVORABLE for development of Tropical Systems.
The conditions in the Gulf of Mexico are NOT FAVORABLE for development.
Conditions in the Tropical Atlantic are VERY FAVORABLE for Development but 4 tropical storms in 11 days I didn’t have to tell you that, did I. For now 2 more Tropical Waves are moving off the west coast of Africa which without doubt will become named storms in the course of the next couple of days.
Current Condtions in Playa Del Carmen:
Skies: Mostly Sunny Skies
Temperatures: Current 88º F / 31° C Highs 89° F / 31° C Overnight Lows 77° F / 25° C
Humidity: 66%
Barometer: 30.00/ 1015 Steady (Playa Del Carmen)
Wind: 16 mph / 26 kph coming from the East Southeast
Warnings / Watches: There are no watches or warnings for our area of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Weather Outlook for Cancun, Playa Del Carmen and The Riviera Maya.
For Cancun and The Riviera Maya for Friday and Saturday we will have more of what we had yesterday and today, mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions, not as hot and not as humid today as past weeks. Partly to Mostly Cloudy skies could prevail most of the time, temperatures will reach the low 90′s F / low 30′s C, we have a chance of an evening or overnight shower or thundershower. Overnight lows will be around 77º F / 25º C a little warmer than previous nights.
Conditions in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are NOT FAVORABLE for development.
If you take a look at the our Local Radar Here you can see that there is little shower activity on the Radar within range (radar range is 299 kilometers). Our Radar is updated every 15 minutes 24 hours per day.
Meanwhile if you are in Cancun, The Riviera Maya or the Islands here be sure you get the sunblock on whether you are laying on the Beach, doing a tour or just walking around getting oriented, the sun will be behind clouds from time to time today making you think you don’t need sunblock but you DO. Make sure you hydrate, drink lots of water, and if you are at the pool or on the beach stagger between those beers and cocktails a nice bottle of water. Don’t take the sun for granted, enjoy your vacations.