After a complete an utter lack of tropical depressions, tropical storms, hurricanes and indeed rain throughout this entire hurricane season, we did not see this coming. So it may surprise you to know that Tropical Storm Gonzalo is threatening to bring some rather unpleasant weather to the Dominican Republic by Tuesday/Wednesday.
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Good morning grey skies… and tropical storm force winds?
Well hello there! Good morning and happy Friday! This morning Friday August 22nd, here in Casa de Campo we have woken up to… very grey skies. Sadly not the normal bright blue Caribbean skies we love so much. So what’s going on?
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Tropical Storm Bertha coming to ruin your weekend?
Today, August 1st marks the start of peak Hurricane Season (August – September), and what could be more fitting than waking up on the dawn of this new month to discover a newly developed tropical storm heading our way? Fitting yes, but that doesn’t mean we have to be happy about it.
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Hurricane Season 2014 expected to be “less active”
In just 2 weeks, on Sunday the 1st of June the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season will start, so what can we expect for the coming months?
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Today we celebrate the end of the hurricane season!
While it may not have felt like it, the last 6 months has been “hurricane season” in the Dominican Republic, and today Saturday November the 30th marks the official end of this rainy, windy season! Yippeee!
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Memories of Hurricane Georges – 15 years on
September 22nd 2013, marked the 15th anniversary of the arrival of Hurricane Georges in the Dominican Republic. Originally predicted to miss the Dominican Republic, Hurricane Georges, a category 4 hurricane, suddenly changed course and made landfall in La Romana at 8am on September the 22nd 1998. Satellite image of Hurricane Georges, a category 4 hurricane […]
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle heading north through the Mona Passage
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Gabrielle has now been “downgraded” to Tropical Depression Gabrielle – click here to read more! Despite my optimism that “Invest 97-L” wasn’t going to develop much, yesterday the system did develop… firstly into Tropical Depression 7, and then into Tropical Storm Gabrielle. So this morning as we wake up to a serene […]
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Invest 97-L to bring some heavy rain to the Dominican Republic
UPDATE: Invest 97-L has now developed into Tropical Storm Gabrielle and is heading north through the Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Click here to read more. Despite being now “peak” hurricane season, not 1 hurricane has yet to develop this season and while there are still none on the horizon… nor […]
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A slow start to the 2013 hurricane season
By the end of this week, we will be half way through the 2013 hurricane season, and while we’ve seen a few tropical storms, no hurricanes are yet to develop. So what is going on? So far this hurricane season, we have seen 6 named tropical storms, but none have yet developed into a hurricane. […]
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“Peak” hurricane season is underway as first August Tropical Depression develops
The “curse” of mid-August strikes again! Every year on the 15th of August (give or take a few days), the “peak” hurricane season gets underway. Today as we awake to find Tropical Depression 5 newly developed in the Atlantic ocean… so begins 6 weeks (más o menos) of constant weather watching! UPDATE (Thursday, Aug.15th, 11am): Tropical […]
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Should we be worried about Tropical Storm Dorian?
Hello and welcome to the stormiest July in the Dominican Republic for at least the last 10 years. That’s right folks, this July, typically a month that doesn’t bring any “Tropical Weather” to our shores, already brought Tropical Storm Chantal within striking distance… and now it looks like another, Tropical Storm Dorian, could be heading […]