Weather - Transatlantic Cruise 2005 on Splendour of the Seas


weather:
The weather on a transatlantic crossing is a hot discussed topic on our german cruisers forum. Many questions arose, so I decided to write down the weather conditions every day. The First Officer told me, that we had an unusual course, different to normal crossings, almost in one line from east to west. If we would have left Tenerife two days later, we would have been facing a really bad storm.
Here is my weather report:
Barcelona rain, 63 degrees in the afternoon less cloudy and warmer
Alicante rain, 57 degrees in the afternoon warmer up to 68 degrees
Malaga 48 degrees in the afternoon 64 degrees
Day at sea
Malaga - Tenerife		 sunny, 68 degrees waves rising between 4- 6 Meters, rough seas
Tenerife sunny, 70 - 79 degrees calm seas
1.day at sea sunny 70 degrees calm seas
2. day at sea sunny, 77 degrees calm seas
3. day at sea fog, rain, 75 degrees rough seas
4. day at sea in the morning sunny, 77 degrees
in the afternoon cloudy		 calm sea
5. day at sea rain in the morning
in the afternoon sunny, 73 degrees		 calm seas, strong winds (force 6)
6. day at sea around 79 degrees rough seas, again Windforce 6-7
Bahamas warm, 75-79 degrees during the night very rough sea due to crossing the gulfstream, windforce 8
2 days at sea - warm, 75 degrees windy, very calm seas, almost like a lake
I have to remark, that it was really windy at almost every day at sea.
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