Apex April TransAtlantic Weather

[Jim_Iain]

Decided to create a Daily weather and sea conditions on 2024 Apex Translantic Eastbound

 

 

There have been a lot of questions of what to expect 

 

September 24. - Port Everglades 

 

72-79 with high humidity, calm and sunny

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

4/23

 

I use Windy for forecast and current locations and a number of ship position sites

 

 Sea temperature 79

Seas Calm

 

 

Winds calm and some light showers
 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Jim_Iain

[GarCat88]

Wow, this is a great app. I just installed it. 
We did our first TA crossing last October and loved it!  
 

[Gaynors]

Wishing you smooth sailing!  Weather today on the Connie is beautiful...low 60s and mostly sunny...but we are rolling around a bit

[Lastdance]

We leave soon on Beyond(4/23); beautiful day and warm!  Southern route to Azores!  Did you check in with Mother Nature first?  I did, but she seemed pre-occupied at the moment...😜

Edited April 23, 2023 by Lastdance

[Jim_Iain]

15 hours ago, Gaynors said:

Wishing you smooth sailing!  Weather today on the Connie is beautiful...low 60s and mostly sunny...but we are rolling around a bit

 

Looks like you have some moderate winds and I just looked at you position

[Jim_Iain]

4/24/2023   6:00 AM

 

Currently a day out of Bermuda.    Yesterday was as smooth as glass 78 degrees and mostly sunny.  We did have a very light drizzle for an hour around 11:00 AM.   At about 9 we started picking up some winds and the we are picking up some light swells.

 

This morning we have a slight roll - Winds Calm at about 3-5 Knots and we seem to be in a sweet spot.  temps cooling to 66-70 and  seas 5 feet swells 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2023 by Jim_Iain

[Jim_Iain]

Another good site I use is a Wave Projection Model -  It shows a 7 day animated visual forecast.  Really good to see what is to be expected

 

http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=natla_height 

 

Current model looks like a smooth crossing with 3-11 feet (1-3.5 Meter) swells.  

 

[Jim_Iain]

15 hours ago, Lastdance said:

We leave soon on Beyond(4/23); beautiful day and warm!  Southern route to Azores!  Did you check in with Mother Nature first?  I did, but she seemed pre-occupied at the moment...😜

 

Curious -- is Mother Nature a Fox weather forecast.   That's what google pops up.   I'm not familiar with the site.

[Jim_Iain]

Here's the forecast for Hamilton tomorrow 4/25

 

[Gaynors]

Update from the Connie..we are 3 days east of Bermuda, in the middle of the Atlantic.  Wind is from the west so condition on top decks are great, not windy at all.  We are also riding with the swells so the barf bags that were in the stairwells have been put away and the outdoor pool is open again.

[cluso]

20 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Decided to create a Daily weather and sea conditions on 2024 Apex Translantic Eastbound

 

 

There have been a lot of questions of what to expect 

 

September 24. - Port Everglades 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe  2023 TA and April 24...?  😎

Edited April 24, 2023 by cluso

[Lastdance]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

Curious -- is Mother Nature a Fox weather forecast.   That's what google pops up.   I'm not familiar with the site.

Nope; just the real “Mother Nature” that controls everything🥰.  I love it when she is kind❤️

[Jim_Iain]

2 hours ago, Lastdance said:

Nope; just the real “Mother Nature” that controls everything🥰.  I love it when she is kind❤️

Ahhh.. understand.... Yup.... out side all day.   Actually the sees are very calm, sunny and winds are mild.

 

So many people want hard data on temps and what type of clothing they might need...also some worry that the seas may be too rough

[Lastdance]

48 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

Ahhh.. understand.... Yup.... out side all day.   Actually the sees are very calm, sunny and winds are mild.

 

So many people want hard data on temps and what type of clothing they might need...also some worry that the seas may be too rough

Some hard data, but not about weather…Captain Kate is onboard as a passenger for TA and following cruise…so is BN/meow🦋

[Jim_Iain]

4/25/2023

we were in Bermuda.  Temps 65~68.  In afternoon got some light drizzle

 

Seas were smooth 1-2 feet 

 

As we head out on 6 days at sea weather looks like it will deteriorate.  
 

As an aside I suffer from migraines and my main trigger is when a low pressure front moves in.   Suddenly at 8pm I had a feeling and ran back to room to get my meds.  I have about a 15 minute window.   Caught it in time and of course Iain said why didn’t you have one on you.  I checked Windy and sure enough    Sure enough low right over us pulling in the winds and seas will be picking up.  Waves to increase overnight from 1-3 ft to 7-9 feet.    

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

On 4/24/2023 at 12:15 PM, Lastdance said:

Some hard data, but not about weather…Captain Kate is onboard as a passenger for TA and following cruise…so is BN/meow🦋

That would be fun.  I say your location close by and caught up when we spent day in Bermuda 

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by Jim_Iain

[Jim_Iain]

We have a chu-chu train going of the Celebrity Fleet -

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

4/26/2023

 

Position chek

Good morning from the North Atlantic -  Just did a position check and our little Sister Beyond is Port but we have begun our more northerly course as she heads to the Azores. 

 

 

Tempeture -  64 F 16.7 C   

Winds  10-18 MPH

Skies -  mostly sunny with high cirus

Waves - mild at about 6 feet  projected to increase to about 8-9

 

[Jim_Iain]

Current Wave model

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

Current Location - Started heading on a North Easterly path to Cobh.   Anyone on Silhouette with a forecast -  Stateroom attendant just let us know he will have to bring all our furniture into room tonight due to impending rough seas and high winds.    Now I need to do some research.

 

Currently not overly windy and 3-5 foot seas as expected.

 

[Jim_Iain]

Bridge Cam

Actually been nice day

 

 

Air Temp 15 c. 59 

 

2,205 nm to Cobb

 

Current from Windy. Marker is our current position 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by Jim_Iain

[Jim_Iain]

4/27/2023. 0800

 

Temp.  10c. 50f

Winds about 20 knots and increasing

Seas 8 feet and growing

Motion. pitching about 5 - 10 and started growing. 
 

Winds

 

 

 

Waves

 

 

 

[gardengalaz]

We are currently on day 8 of our crossing aboard the Silhouette.  Since leaving Bermuda 4 days ago, it's been very cold and raining quite a bit and the wind has been strong to the point that all exterior decks have been closed to passengers.  It's been rocking and rolling non-stop, but not bad from a seasoned cruiser's perspective.  Here's a little video I just captured from our sunset veranda stateroom.  I would have stepped outside to take a better video, but our veranda floor is sopping wet.

 

[Jim_Iain]

Thanks for advice on Windy.com.   It’s identical to app.    I should have known that as I’m more of a pc kinda guy.  
 

So much easier to navigate on pc.