J'arrive la semaine prochaine en Guadeloupe, je lis plein de commentaires négatifs concernant la météo du moment, je suis légèrement paniquée à l'idée de passer mes vacances sous la pluie.
Pouvez vous me dire si les journées pluvieuses sont "Très" Pluvieuse ou les journées sont saccadées entre pluie et éclaircies?
En effet, juin correspond au début de la saison des pluies dans les Antilles, mais il ne pleuvra pas toute la journée. Les averses sont violentes, mais de courte durée, surtout en fin d'après-midi. La côte sous le vent sera évidemment moins arrosée. Ce qui est le plus pénible en cette saison, c'est la chaleur et l'humidité, mais les alizés rafraîchissent l'atmosphère.
Les ciels et les couchers de soleils seront somptueux.
Bonnes vacances. 🙂
En effet, juin correspond au début de la saison des pluies dans les Antilles
plus précisément le 1er juin correspond au début de la saison cyclonique «administrative» (avec mise en place de moyens et procédures spéciales au niveau des pouvoirs publics). la «saison des pluies» peut commencer bien avant, comme c’est le cas cette année, et tous les ans depuis 2009 comme le disent les statistiques meteo france rappelées dans cette discussion récente:
http://voyageforum.com/v.f?post=5993135
mais il ne pleuvra pas toute la journée. Les averses sont violentes, mais de courte durée, surtout en fin d'après-midi
depuis la discussion ci-dessus sont tombées les statistiques pour avril 2013 (avril qui statistiquement est encore dans les mois les moins pluvieux de l annee).
http://www.meteo.gp/alaune/bcm/archives/201304bcmguad.pdf
dans l URL ci dessus, «201304» signifie avril 2013, il suffit de changer ces 6 caracteres dans l adresse pour explorer les archives des releves mensuels de meteo france pour la guadeloupe sur les dernieres annees (exemple 201205 ou 201206 pour avoir la situation en mai et juin 2012)
Pour ce mois d avril 2013 donc: «Un début de mois sec, puis une seconde moitié particulièrement pluvieuse. Trois jours de pluies créent des cumuls mensuels parfois records.»
Meteo france parle de trois jours de pluie quasi continue, pour ce qui me concerne, c etait meme un peu plus de 3 semaines de pluie quasi continue (ca s est prolongé la 1e semaine de mai). Les touristes qui étaient là faisaient à peu près aussi grise mine que le ciel.
au niveau chiffres, ça donne par exemple 1443 mm de pluie dans le mois a saint claude (en fait dans les 15 derniers jours soit près de 150mm/jour en moyenne), avec une pointe à «seulement» 189mm le 19 ce qui te donne une idee du fait qu il a plu beaucoup, tous les jours, et pas seulement «des averses de courte durée, surtout en fin d'après-midi».
au passage, 1443mm en 15 jours, c est plus du double de la moyenne des précipitation EN UN AN DANS LA RÉGION DE CHAMPAGNE, et 189 millimetres en une journée, c est plus que la moyenne des pluies des quatres premiers mois de l année en champagne, le tout en 24h seulement, si ce n est que ça s est répété quotidiennement pendant pres de 3 semaines. je pense qu on peut dire que ça correspond à ce que Stéphanie appelle «des journées pluvieuses "Très" Pluvieuse». c etait en avril et statistiquement, mai et juin sont encore plus pluvieux
ça fait près de 20 ans que je vis sous les tropiques, ce genre d accident climatiques violent est une sorte de règle ici, c etait assez difficile à imaginer pour moi en sortant des régions tempérées de la France métropolitaine. Le climat par ici est bcp moins TEMPÉRÉ
La côte sous le vent sera évidemment moins arrosée. Ce qui est le plus pénible en cette saison, c'est la chaleur et l'humidité, mais les alizés rafraîchissent l'atmosphère.
là je te rejoins, on peut affirmer ça a priori, avec une très faible chance de se tromper. En France, avec les moyens considérables mis en oeuvre pour les prévisions météo, les prévisions ont une fiabilité très faible au delà de 72h. Ici les moyens mis en oeuvre permettent encore moins de précision donc concrètement il est quasi impossible d avoir des certitudes autres que statistiques avant de prendre l avion. une des conclusions du rapport mensuel de meteo france dont le lien est ci dessus:
Prévision saisonnière pour Mai-Juin-Juillet Juillet Juillet : Les modèles ont du mal à prévoir les pluies sur notre région. Mais le modèle statistique propose une probabilité de trimestre plus pluvieux que la normale
en cette fin mai, les prévisions semblent pour l instant validées
Les ciels et les couchers de soleils seront somptueux.
la aussi difficile de prévoir: ça fait une bonne dizaine de jours qu on a un temps brumeux, avec une faible visibilité (quelques km) ce qui ne permet quasiment jamais de voir le soleil au coucher, la nuit dernière, la pleine lune qui éclaire souvent d une manière impressionnante les nuits tropicales, n’était qu un pale halo dans le ciel (et encore, seulement quand elle ne disparaissait pas derrière un nuage)
une petite note positive dans toute cette grisaille, que certains amateurs pourront apprécier parmis les touristes: pas besoin d arroser depuis plus d un mois, toutes les boutures et plantations que j ai tentees se portent à merveilles, les arbres fruitiers sont exceptionnellement chargés (au point de déraciner certains arbres sous l effet combiné du poids des fruits, des plantes epiphytes qui se gorgent d eau et des sols rendus spongieux et instables par l accumulation d eau), les orchidees fleurissent plus et plus longtemps que les autres annees, les fleurs printanières dans leur ensemble sont encore plus éclatantes qu’à l accoutumée
autre note ositive, il fait anormalement «frais» pour la saison avec des maxi en dessous de 30 degrés (3 ou 4 degrés en dessous de l habitude d un jour normalement ensoleillé de la saison, ça fait la différence entre un temps très lourd, et un temps très très moite mais plus supportable)
Nous préparons un voyage en Guadeloupe. Nous hésitons entre le mois de mars et le mois de mai. Nous serions tentés par mai car nous pensons qu'il y a beaucoup…
Je voulais partir fin juin pour la Guadeloupe j'aimerais savoir normalement allons nous avoir un peu de soleil ou bien il pleut a tout les jours j'aimerais…
J'aimerais savoir s'il faut vraiment éviter le Guadeloupe début septembre à cause de la météo?? Avez-vous des conseils par rapport à ce pays? Dans quel région…
Nous souhaitons partir en Guadeloupe 2 semaines et comme il nous est tres difficile d'avoir 2 semaines de congés en hiver, on pensait y aller en juillet. Seul…
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I just reserved our accommodation in Cap Malheureux.
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Hi everyone,
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Thanks, Alain.
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Hey everyone! 🙂
Just giving you the quick context: A group of friends and I are planning a trip to South Korea (Seoul/Busan) at the end of June/July next year. It falls right in the middle of the monsoon season, but we don’t really have other availability options.😕
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Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read or reply to this post! 🙂
Hi everyone.
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Yeah, you’ve gotta wake up early, but the payoff is so worth it. 😴
If you’ve got any great tips like this, why not discuss them in this thread and share addresses or websites where the people in charge have realized climate change is real and are adapting? 😊
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Sunny destinations in October???
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Or do you have any tips for hotels and getting around?
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