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 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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“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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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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Hello Hurricane Isaac?! Tropical Depression 9 develops and is predicted to develop quickly on a path across the Dominican Republic
UPDATE: The information in this article is no longer correct. Tropical Storm Isaac has now passed by the Dominican Republic. Here in Casa de Campo, sports facilities, services and restaurants are reopened with the exception of the Teeth of the Dog golf course – which is currently being clear-up as it was damaged by the […]
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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.
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Tropical Depression forms – could effect the Dominican Republic as Tropical Storm Gordon
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.
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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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Rainy Days in Altos de Chavón!
September in the Dominican Republic and Casa de Campo is unashamedly RAINY and here we bring you a series of photos of a sudden and very heavy rainstorm which passed through Altos de Chavón in Casa de Campo!
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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.