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Weather looks not great for August..HELP!

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Hi Guys!!!

Okay, I see lots of topics about this as it is hurricane season..but im starting to panic that we wont get sun in cancun!! :(

I see on the internet the zig zags which means lightening and it says thunderstorms!! ill be so down if there isnt any sun!!

Can anyone share experiences of recent trips to cancun if they were predicted bad weather and it was ok!? xx

long island, ny
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Thunderstorms are usually brief. The sun is out before and after. I really wouldn't worry about it.

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The possibility of getting completely rained out is very small. However, I know that getting any full days of rain really sucks. One word: tequila!

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There are a gazillion threads on the weather and they all say the same thing - don't worry about it!

On one of my trips, the forecast was 80% rain every day (including the scary thunderbolts) - what we actually got was a 30 second sprinkle one day and about 5 minutes of fairly heavy rain the next. Other than that, it was sunny and HOT the whole time.

The only forecast that I do watch prior to travelling to Mexico is this one - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2 - I want to know if anything significant is headed to the region, especially a hurricane - as that usually results in delayed/cancelled flights.

FWIW, over the years, I've been through two tropical storms in the region. The first one (several years ago) moved in during the evening but was gone by the morning and the rest of our vacation was sunny and hot. The second one came in during the day and we were able to sit at a bar and watch it move in over the ocean. It rained hard for the rest of the day and a portion of the evening but again, by next morning there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Scotland
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Thankyou for yyour help!!you've really put my mind at ease!!!! im from scotland so travelling nearly 11 hours to get there and would be devastated if the weather wasnt great!!ive heard accuweathers a good website so been on that and it says thunderstorms ...but hey ho..theres some nice yellow sun too!!!thankyou!!!!

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tequila...omg i think i might be sick hahaha... im not a tequila drinker but when in mexico ariba ariba... is it lemon/then salt afterwards...never done a tequila shot in my life..!!!

TEQUILA TEQUILA!!!!

Scotland
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Seriously

Im a 28 year old lady who was about to just cry today at one point!!!! As ive mentioned before its a long trip for us and Id have a heart attack if the weather was rubbish!!

Thats good to know about your trip with the forecast with the chance of rain then it was fine!!!!

You obvously love cancun, its good to knowi people keep going back!!!!!!!!!;D

I hope you have a nice safe trip whevever your heading thiss year!!

and again, thankyou very much for taking the time to reply to my post.i very much sincerley appreciate it

Chloe

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If you find a bad weather forecast, find another one

http://www.myforecast.com/bin/expanded_forecast_15day.m?city=150370&metric=true

Lots of sun

As this is a very common question, we put some FAQs over in Top Questions as well

As Llisa mentioned, pay attention to the Hurricane tracking site

Silver City, New...
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Salt first, throw it back and finish with lime. Rinse and repeat. Feels good.

As previously mentioned, don't worry about any other weather forecast than the NHC. Clouds form locally and it rains somewhere almost daily in the Yucatan during the summer. I figure I'm lucky to get a rainy day or a couple showers while I'm down there. Feels good.

Have fun!

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The possibility of being completely rained out may be small, but it's not zero. Last November we had 1 sunny day, 1 overcast day, and rain the other 5 days... and I don't mean showers. I mean the whole day.

There's a reason prices are lower during certain periods...

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" No new tropical cyclones the next 5 days." U de woman, Llisa ( assumption? ). TY. All the weather you need was in Llisa's comments.

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