Breaking news! According to weather.com and the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Depression #7 has just formed in the Atlantic Ocean and although it really is far to early to tell – it is currently predicted to become Tropical Storm Gordon, which could be affecting the Eastern coast of the Dominican Republic by Monday.
Tag: Hurricane Season
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More rain? Yes I’m afraid so…..
Whilst I do not like to be the bearer of bad news, I do really like talking about the weather (even if it is bad) – it’s a British thing, and so when I was casually perusing my favorite websites (weather.com/hurricanecentral and wunderground.com) just now and I noticed some rather ominous satellite imagery of the […]
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Weather update: Tropical Storm Ernesto forms…but is predicted to pass South of the Dominican Republic
Following the popularity of yesterday’s weather update article and given that “Tropical Depression 5” has just formed into “Tropical Storm Ernesto”, the 5th named storm of the 2012 hurricane season, I thought you may enjoy another weather update!
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Grey grumbling skys….a Tropical Wave and a Tropical Cyclone
Well well well, following an unexpectedly hot and sunny month of July, it would seem that the rainy “Hurricane Season” has now arrived to the Dominican Republic – in the form of a Tropical Wave which is now hovering over us with a “low pressure system”, predicted to become a Tropical Cyclone (most likely a […]
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Are you and your Casa de Campo villa prepared for Hurricane Season?
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts every year from June the 1st through to November the 30th, which means that Hurricane Season 2012 has already started and although the weather seems nice enough just now (if a little hot and very humid), you never know what the rest of the season has in store for us […]
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Hurricane Season starts today – Friday June 1st
Today Friday June the 1st marks the start of “Hurricane Season”, which despite what some people think does not mean that it will rain constantly for the next 6 months, rather that when it does rain will in general be a little more fuerte (strong) than at other times of the year and it is of […]
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Hurricane Season 2012 starts June 1st and is predicted to be “less active” than usual!
UPDATE (August 31st, 2012): Now that a total of 12 named storms have already formed and August has been one of the most active months since records began – it has turned out that the “less-active” prediction was undoubtedly very wrong. Hurricane Season 2012 is now set to become “more active” than usual. Click here […]
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Rainy days and a flash flood in Casa de Campo
At this ‘rainy’ time of year in the Dominican Republic and Casa de Campo – when it rains it pours! And one rainstorm recently was soo fierce that a mini ‘flash-flood’ swept through our beautiful Casa de Campo resort. (Ok, ok it wasn’t so much a ‘flash flood’, more a river of water that ran […]
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Forget Ophelia – she’s going NORTH!
So far this Hurricane Season, the Dominican Republic has been very lucky – every Tropical Storm and Hurricane which looked to be heading our way have gone North of the island. And now it looks like Tropical Storm Ophelia is predicted to go the same way! Wooohooo!
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Oh Ophelia! Another Tropical Storm headed towards the Dominican Republic!
Yesterday, I reported about a “High Potential Disturbance”, which had a 70% chance of becoming a “Tropical Cyclone.” Well now this “area of low pressure”, has indeed become a Tropical Cyclone – a Tropical Storm, named Ophelia.
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Uh Oh! Looks like some more bad weather is headed our way!
It’s been a few days….so it’s time for another thrilling weather update! After muddling through the confusing array of weather forecasts, tracking models and satellite images, I have come to the conclusion that there will be some sunny days this week, but by the weekend more rain may well arrive!