It has suddenly started raining. Following months of dry, warm weather, I always feel like the rain takes us all by surprise. I was certainly very unpleasantly surprised when I just found myself without an umbrella and with very wet socks! So what is going on?
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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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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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Café de la Leche at La Cantina postponed to next Friday Sept. 13th
Sad news my friends! The next Café de la Leche celebration scheduled for tomorrow at La Cantina in Altos de Chavón has now been moved to next Friday the 13th of September. The decision to postpone the popular monthly event came with the development of Tropical Storm Gabrielle yesterday (now “downgraded” to Tropical Depression Gabriel, […]
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Tropical Depression Gabrielle now headed directly at the Dominican Republic
Good news and bad news! Well the good news is that Tropical Depression Gabrielle has now been “downgraded” from a tropical storm, but the bad news is that after a westerly detour he is now headed north again – directly towards the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic. So here is a quick update to […]
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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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Wondering why it’s raining? There’s a Tropical Wave overhead!
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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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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“Active” hurricane season starts today with a maximum of 20 storms predicted
Today June 1st, marks the official start of the hurricane season in the Dominican Republic. Over the last few days we have seem several downpours throughout the country – which could be part of the “active” hurricane season that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA- have predicted in the Atlantic for this year. […]
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Casa de Campo photo of the week: Teeth of the (soggy) Dog!
This week’s rather amusing photo was taken on Thursday afternoon the 25th of October 2012, whilst Casa de Campo was feeling the brute force of the tail-end of Hurricane Sandy.
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Tropical Weather Update: tail-end of Hurricane Sandy to bring more rain and wind to the Dominican Republic…..
Hurricane Sandy, now a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105mph is centered to the North of Cuba and is expected to continue north passing through the Bahamas, but although the “core” of Hurricane Sandy is now rather far away from the Dominican Republic – the “tail end” of the Tropical Cyclone system […]