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This morning we woke to another bright, sunny and beautiful day in Casa de Campo… and then it started to rain. Just a brief shower? Sadly not – there’s a “Tropical Wave” hovering over the Dominican Republic right now!
Fortunately a “tropical wave” is the most insignificant and unthreatening of all the types of tropical weather we experience here in the Dominican Republic, so other than lots of rain, we shouldn’t be experiencing too many ill-effects! A tropical wave is a “low pressure system” or a cluster of thunder storms, which can, under the right circumstances, develop into more severe tropical weather – such as tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.
Fortunately as this tropical wave is already hovering above the Dominican Republic she’s not going to develop into anything more unpleasant in the immediate future and is unlikely to develop further as she moves to the north.
Today and this evening more rain can be expected across most of the Dominican Republic, and a “green alert” has been issued for the greater Santo Domingo area, Monte Plata, Duarte , Sánchez Ramírez, Santiago and San Pedro de Macorís – who should be aware of the possibility of flooding.
So it looks like here in Casa de Campo and La Romana we can expect nothing worse than wet feet and the need for an umbrella!