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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Rainy weather warning: here comes Tropical Storm Sandy!
UPDATE, Wednesday October 24th 8pm: Earlier today Tropical Storm Sandy did indeed develop into Hurricane Sandy, and has now made landfall in Jamaica with maximum sustained winds of 85mph. Good news for the Dominican Republic – the large mass of thunderstorms now seems to have passed us by and/or dissipated, so although we’ve already has some […]
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Tropical Depression 18 to bring bad weather to the Dominican Republic?
Since the wild and windy passing of Hurricane Isaac in August, which flooded the coastal areas of Casa de Campo with a rather nasty storm surge (click here for photos), Casa de Campo and the Dominican Republic hasn’t been affected by any other Tropical Depressions, Tropical Storms or hurricanes – until now. Tropical Depression 18, […]
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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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Tropical Storm Maria: Is she about to hit the Dominican Republic?
There seems ro be a whole lot of confusion surrounding Tropical Storm Maria – according to stormpulse.com, weather.com and various other weather channels the center of Tropical Storm Maria is located approximately 280 miles to the NORTH of the Dominican Republic – yet the satellite image (above) tells a totally different story! Confused? So am […]
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What! More rain? And Tropical Storm Maria is now predicted to become a Hurricane (again)
With so many hurricanes (Hurricane Katia, Hurricane Nate and Tropical Storm Maria) floating around in our part of the world – it’s no wonder the weather in Casa de Campo La Romana has been a little “disturbed.” So what can we expect for the next few days and more importantly will this wild weather ruin […]