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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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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A slow start to the 2013 hurricane season
By the end of this week, we will be half way through the 2013 hurricane season, and while we’ve seen a few tropical storms, no hurricanes are yet to develop. So what is going on? So far this hurricane season, we have seen 6 named tropical storms, but none have yet developed into a hurricane. […]
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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 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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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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“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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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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Surf’s up! But where is Tropical Storm Isaac?
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 […]