While inclement conditions and scattered showers will continue Monday, local forecasters say there will be a reduced chance of flooding. The possibility isn’t over yet, however.
The risk of flooding for low-lying areas will continue overnight Sunday, the National Weather Service said in its final flood warning bulletin on Sunday night.
Between 1-1.5 inches of rainfall is estimated for Sunday night.
For Monday, Chief Meteorologist Kerry Powery Linwood, in his forecast said, “heavy showers associated with excessive moisture over the western Caribbean is expected to decrease by Monday morning.”
The forecast for Monday says conditions will be cloudy to overcast with a 40% chance of showers and some thunder.
“Showers may become locally heavy at times. Flooding in low-lying areas is likely. Temperatures will rise to the upper 80s °F,” it said.
Winds will be southeast at 10 to 15 knots with higher gusts.
“Seas will be moderate with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet becoming rough in and around heavy showers,” the forecast stated.
Bad weather caused major flight disruptions
Cayman’s bad weather on Saturday prompted the cancellation and diversion of some flights, causing major headache for travellers, some of whom were left stranded.
Travellers like Mark Hamilton spent hours at the Owen Roberts International Airport trying to get a flight out of Grand Cayman on Saturday. As the foul weather progressed, however, his chance of flying declined.
“The rain was bucketing down all morning, so it was no surprise when my first flight to Miami got delayed from 11:55am to 1pm, then to 2pm, then cancelled. The gates were really starting to reach capacity, so I ended up sitting on the floor after security trying to stay within range of the Wi-Fi,” Hamilton told the Cayman Compass on Sunday as he waited at the airport for another flight.
Hamilton, bassist for Northern Irish rock band Ash, was originally scheduled on a United flight. After that flight was cancelled, he said he was able to get on another flight going through Charlotte, North Carolina, which was “no big deal.”
However, that flight got delayed until 8pm, then 9pm, then cancelled.
Then came the process, he said, of getting hotel vouchers and rebooked onto new flights, and transportation to and from the airport.
“That took nearly 1.5 hours, and I was one of the lucky ones at the front of the line. God knows how long some poor people waited,” he said.
As Hamilton and others struggled leave the island, passengers trying to get into Cayman were also left confused about the situation.
Some took to local social media seeking answers. As for Hamilton, he said he is hoping to get back to Newark by 10pm Sunday.
Most flights, according to the Cayman Islands Airports Authority website, landed as scheduled on Sunday. Earlier, the Cayman Airways flight log showed the New York and LA flights were delayed.
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