What does the forecast term "scattered t-storms" mean in the Bahamas?

Question

My family is vacationing there from around early june for a week, and the forecasts say "scattered thunderstorms, 88 degrees" for the most part. Is this normal for a tropical area? Or does this mean that there really ARE going to be storms down there?

Answer 1

First of all "scattered t-storms" are very normal in a tropical area. However, they pass very quickly. Also "scattered t-storms" means, it will rain in some areas but not everywhere, the rain will be here and there. Caribbean weather says that all the time but it doesn't always happen. Don't even give it a thought.

Go and enjoy your trip. June is a wonderful time to travel to the Bahamas.)

Answer 2

scattered t-storms means you should have no problem with getting rained out of you vacation and the rains will probably show up at the same time everyday as you will be able to set ur watch by it.

Answer 3

Scattered thumderstorms means the SAME THING in the Bahamas that it means in your home town...

The big difference is the INTENSITY of the  storms... when it rains in the Bahamas or the Caribbean, it's very localized and lasts just a short time... but the rain is like NOTHING you have ever experienced.

In Creole they talk about "lapli se reti avec lapli"...  which means RAIN THAT STAYS WITH RAIN... it is very heavy rain and the visibility goes to ZERO

Answer 4

That's just about everyday's forecast here, it means that it might rain in the afternoon, intensely, for a short while and then clear up. If you're going there for a week it means that yes, there WILL be a thunderstorm here or there, but not vacation ruining.