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 I!
To be perfectly honest, I really don’t know what is going on with Tropical Storm Maria, but as far as I can tell from the satellite images – it looks like we (the Dominican Republic and Casa de Campo) are about to be hit by a lot of rain and possibly even some relatively high winds.
From various weather resources I have managed to gather the following information about the current weather situation:
The “center” of Tropical Storm Maria is currently located approximately 300miles to the NORTH of the Dominican Republic
Tropical Storm Maria is moving VERY slowly North-North-West at approximately 6mph
Tropical Storm Maria currently has maximum sustained winds of 50mph
Tropical Storm Maria is now heading North
Weather Outlook for the Dominican Republic, Casa de Campo and La Romana Image from: wunderground.com
As can be seen on the above satellite image, the outskirts of Tropical Storm Maria have just reached the East of the Dominican Republic and Casa de Campo La Romana – which would explain why it has been thundering for the last few hours.
If Tropical Storm Maria moves North as expected the Dominican Republic should not experience the worst of the rain – however there will definitely be some rain over the next few hours/days.
CONCLUSION: Tropical Storm Maria is being VERY unpredictable – but whatever happens it’s going to rain over the next few days!
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