This morning we woke to another bright, sunny and beautiful day in Casa de Campo… and then it started to rain. Just a brief shower? Sadly not – there’s a “Tropical Wave” hovering over the Dominican Republic right now! Fortunately a “tropical wave” is the most insignificant and unthreatening of all the types of tropical […]
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Tropical Storm Chantal weakens & heads west!
Great news my friends, Tropical Storm Chantal, who less than 12 hours ago was threatening to hit the Dominican Republic with near hurricane force winds of approximately 70mph around about now – is no longer a real threat to the Dominican Republic.
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[Update July 9th] 24 hour countdown: Tropical Storm Chantal to hit the Dominican Republic with near hurricane force winds
UPDATE: July 9, 2pm – hurricane watch issued for Dominican Republic Now that Tropical Storm Chantal has crossed across the Lesser Antilles and strengthened to have maximum sustained winds of 65mph, the south-east coast of the Dominican Republic is now under hurricane watch. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible anywhere within the […]
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Hurricane watch issued for Dominican Republic: what should you do?
With Tropical Storm Chantal now located less than 500 miles from Santo Domingo and headed directly towards the Dominican Republic, the possibility of a direct hit is now almost a certainty. The only thing uncertain is whether or not Tropical Storm Chantal will become Hurricane Chantal before she reaches us. So what should you do? […]
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1st tropical storm of the season – Chantal expected as early as Wednesday!
SURPRISE! Despite July being historically the least active month of the Hurricane Season, and the fact that the Dominican Republic has not been affected by any tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane earlier than mid-August over the last 10 years… our first tropical storm of the season is already on the way. Tropical Storm Chantal […]
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Hurricane season 2013: July update
One month down – 5 more to go! So now that we are officially one month into the Hurricane Season 2013 here we bring you a tropical weather update for the Dominican Republic.
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Hurricane season 2012 “ahead of the pace” as number of named storms reaches 12
On April 24th 2012, The Weather Channel (www.weather.com) published it’s 2012 “preseason forecast”, predicting a “less-active” season than the 1950-2011 average. Since then however, a record number of 12 named storms have developed over the Atlantic, of which 5 have developed into hurricane – a tally which puts the 2012 hurricane season significantly “ahead of […]
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What a wild hurricane season! Tropical Depression #12 forms – but is not expected to effect the Dominican Republic!
UPDATE (3pm, Thursday August 30th): Tropical Depression 12 has already been upgraded to Tropical Storm Leslie – but is still predicted to move on a northern path that will not affect land. Historically August and September are the “hottest” months for the development of Tropical Cyclones (depressions, storms and hurricanes) – and this season certainly […]
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Tropical Storm Isaac in Casa de Campo
Last Friday the 24th of August 2012, the center of Tropical Storm Isaac passed approximately 150 miles to the south of the Dominican Republic, causing a storm surge of up to 5ft along the eastern coast of the country, which in Casa de Campo brought huge waves crashing into oceanside properties, the Teeth of the […]
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Severe weather warning: “Tail end” of Tropical Storm Isaac batters the Dominican Republic
UPDATE: (Saturday August 25th, 2012) The information in this article is no longer correct. Tropical Storm Isaac has now passed by the Dominican Republic and is on it’s way towards Florida. Here in Casa de Campo, sports facilities, services and restaurants are reopened with the exception of the Teeth of the Dog golf course – […]
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Tropical Depression #7 becomes Tropical Wave and is already nearly gone
Great news my friends! In case you haven’t already noticed, Tropical Depression #7, originally predicted to become Tropical Storm Gordon with a projected path for the Dominican Republic, dissipated into nothing more sinister than a “Tropical Wave” on Saturday morning (August 11th) and is now passing by to the South of the Dominican Republic.