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In yesterday afternoon’s “weather update” I spotted something unpleasant lurking on the satellite image, which although completely ignored by all my favorite weather websites, I predicted it would bring us (in the Dominican Republic) rain – and I was right, it is indeed raining! So what’s going on? And what can we expect over the next few days?
As I already mentioned, the weather situation in the Dominican Republic isn’t so pretty right now, so here are the facts:
• A Tropical Wave is currently lurking over the South-East of the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana, Higuey, Bayahibe, Casa de Campo, La Romana) and the Mona Canal
• The Tropical Wave is moving at a speed of 24kph East – which means it should essentially pass directly over the entire country
• The Tropical Wave has a low (30%) chance of developing into a Tropical Cyclone over the next 48 hours
The result? It may well continue raining all day today (in this area at least) …..and possibly tomorrow too (although by tomorrow we hope most of the rain will be in other parts of the country….)
The good news? This miserable Tropical Wave should be gone by the weekend – so fingers crossed we can enjoy all this weekend’s activities (Café de la Leche, inauguration of “Buscando Esencia”, the Fundación MIR Family Weekend for Life: tennis, golf and dinner-dance, as well as the Haitian Art exhibit) – rain-free!!!
Source: Onamet.gov.do
What is a Tropical Wave?
To be honest I wasn’t really sure, so I googled it and the answer is:
“Tropical Waves are a type of atmospherictrough, an elongated area of relatively low air pressure causing areas of cloudiness and thunderstorms.”
KEEP INFORMED!
Whilst we at Casa de Campo Living will do our best to keep you informed, we recommend the following for keeping extra-informed:
• www.nhc.noaa.gov – The National Hurricane Centre
• www.weather.com – The Weather Channel
• ONAMET.gov.do – the Dominican Republic’s official weather warning people (this one is in Spanish)
• Twitter: We recommend following NHC_Atlantic – for regular tweets on hurricanes, tropical storms etc
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