{"id":3496,"date":"2023-06-06T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2023-06-06T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:10:51","slug":"hows-weather-cruising-caribbean-gulf-mexico-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/hows-weather-cruising-caribbean-gulf-mexico-july-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How\u2019s the Weather Cruising the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during July?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pilot Chart Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea July<\/p><\/div>\n

Wind<\/b><\/h2>\n

Caribbean Sea<\/b>
\n<\/span>Easterly winds mostly Beaufort force 4 (11-16 knots) prevail this month, except forces 4-5 (11-21 knots) prevail over the central Caribbean north of Columbia. Over the southwestern Caribbean the wind will back east to northeast and diminish to forces 3-4 (7-16 knots) and over the northwestern Caribbean, winds tend to be from the east forces 3-4 (7-16 knots).\u00a0 There is a low (about 1%) risk for encountering gale forces 8-9 (34-47 knots) over the central Caribbean north of the Columbian coast during July.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gulf of Mexico
\n<\/b>East to southeast winds, mostly forces 3-4 (7-16 knots) prevail, except becoming more variable in direction forces 2-3 (4-12 knots) over the Northeast Gulf and southeast to south forces 3-4 (7-16 knots) over the Northwest Gulf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Waves<\/b>
\n<\/b>Generally waves average 2-5 feet (0.5-1.5 meters), however, over the Central Caribbean 6-8 foot (2-2.5 meter) waves will prevail. The risk for rough seas of 8 feet (2.4 meters) or higher is less than 10% across the Gulf of Mexico, the northwestern and the easternmost Caribbean, however, the risk increases to 30-45% over the central Caribbean Sea, especially north of Columbia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Temperature
\n<\/b>Over the Gulf of Mexico air temperatures average around 82-84 F (28-29 C) over the Gulf of Mexico and 81-83 F (27-28.5 C) across the Caribbean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Land Temperature <\/b>
\n<\/span>Overall, most Caribbean destinations see morning lows of 74-80 F (23-27 C) during July with daytime highs mostly 86-92 F (30-33 C). The hottest locations are Aruba, Cancun, Cozumel and the Caymans with afternoon high temperatures averaging at or above 90 F (32 C).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tropical Cyclones
\n<\/b>The risk for tropical cyclones increases gradually during July with the highest risk area located in the north-central Gulf of Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tropical<\/a>

July Pilot Chart Tropical Cyclone Frequenc<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rainfall<\/b>
\n<\/b>Rainfall during July varies quite a bit from 1.2 inches in Aruba to about 9.6 inches in Belize. The wettest locations include Belize, Bahamas, Trinidad, Dominica, St. Lucia and Martinique.\u00a0 Drier locations include <\/span>Aruba and Curacao, Cancun, Montego. St. Maarten, and St. Thomas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fred Pickhardt
\nOcean Weather Services<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Easterly winds mostly Beaufort force 4 (11-16 knots) prevail this month, except forces 4-5 (11-21 knots) prevail over the central Caribbean north of Columbia. Over the southwestern Caribbean the wind will back east to northeast and diminish to forces 3-4 (7-16 knots) and over the northwestern Caribbean, winds tend to be from the east forces 3-4 (7-16 knots).\u00a0 There is a low (about 1%) risk for encountering gale forces 8-9 (34-47 knots) over the central Caribbean north of the Columbian coast during July.\u00a0 Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73,85,10,102],"tags":[43,25,18,14,111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3500,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}