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| - what is that over Cuba? |
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7.30 pm and I have just looked at the satellite pictures. A very large blob appears to be coming our way from Cuba. Eeek! Raingauge out, dogs and washing in I think.
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| - more rain!! |
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I should keep your rain gauge ready William. On Wednesday night we had 4.3 inches of rain and the roads were like rivers. Now I see we have a new "blob" and the sky is looking very dark, some of which could head for Puerto Rico. At least it rains at night and we have hot and sunny days to enjoy life.
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Hi there William in Culebra - now you are getting Dominican Republic rain. Enjoy but not too much!!! This month we have just had drizzle mostly - rather like English weather!!!
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| - March rainfall on the north coast |
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March has been a wet month for us with the monthly rainfall total being 17.05 inches - which means we have had 39 inches since January 1st. Luckily most of this seems to fall at night leaving the days hot and sunny with blue skies, and the island lush and green.
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| - rain,rain,rain |
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Too much of a good thing is a bad thing, we prayed for rain and the good Lord heard us. The only thing is that he overdid himself. Had rain for three days in a row, flooding of low areas, overflowing rivers caried away bridges, landslides, etc. My heart bleeds for the poor people in the backcountry. Today, it seems to be over, time to repair and clean up. Deep dy, A.Read |
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I love the forcast for our region - less rain! We are very squelchy underfoot and the government has declared an amber alert for everyone living near rivers or in ravines - we have had so much rain! I am glad the weather has moved to where people need water - enjoy!!
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| - Wet temporal |
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Good evening:
Want to start saying that it was a long time not being posting around, so HI EVERYBODY!! Good to see you.
From last Wednesday to this moment, we have been facing scattered showers nationwide. Flooding has affected mainly Santiago province. Last Wednesday was special to us in the capital because showers kept it strong within a considerable long time term. I got stuck in more than 1 hour traffic, came back to home very pissed off wishing never have to go outside again that day.
Currently, light rain, chilling temps. Ozama river is "inking" our coastline with water loaded with sediments.
-- Guille._ |
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Please the rest of you - take some rain off us!!! Since Wednesday we have had 5.4 inches and it looks like another 3 inches in the raingauge today (I'm not going out to check). The road is a river and even the frogs are quiet - probably drowned. The country is on a green flood alert and people are being evacuated from low-lying areas. But the bananas are happy and I won't need to water the garden.
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| - weather in Sto.Domingo |
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Hola Not much to report in the last few days, we are in the middle of our dry season in th south coast of Hispanniola. Could use some rain. Had visitors from Canada, (snow birds?) and of course they enjoyed the dry, hot weather...... Keep well everybody. A.Read |
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We had a wonderful view of the lunar eclipse tonight. Moonrise and the first part of the eclipse were hidden by a heavy bank of cloud. At 7.15pm local time the moon rose above the cloud and was nearly totally obscured, glowing a dull orange. By about 8.15pm the shadow had started to move away and by about 9pm the moon was clear. Soft breezes, clear skies, bright stars and lots of satellites visible.
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| - February rainfall |
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It feels as though this year is going to be a hot one, but at the moment the weather is gorgeous with a little cool breeze. The rainfall total for February is 8.45 inches, making a total for the year since January 1st of 21.95 inches.
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| - fishing in DR |
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Went fishing with friends yesterday, beautifull weather, calm seas, went out some 30 miles to the caribbean current and found a piece of net the kind the japanese use attached to a few small buoys. all the mahi -mahi (dorados in spanish) in the world were there. Got 52 of them ranging from 10 pounds to 62 pounds. Later in the day got 4 wahoos and a smalish tuna.
All the family freezers are full!!!!!!!!!! Such a hard life!!! My arms ache, am sunburned, hungover, but I dont care....... Not bad for a 77 years old ...... A. Read |
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The weather is gorgeous at the moment with hot sunny days and low humidity. Perfect beach weather.
The first part of the month was rainy but that has all cleared, leaving a total rainfall for the month of January of 13.5 inches. The humpback whales have arrived at their winter breeding grounds in Samana Bay and the Silver Banks here in the Dominican Republic. Carefully regulated trips with a naturalist give amazing closeups of mothers with littl e week-old babies, and adults tail-waving and breaching. It is a very special time and the humpbacks will be here until the end of March. The larger versions of these photos will be available until 04 May 2007 (90 days)
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| - santo domingo |
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Hola weather in Sto. Domingo could not be better, blue skies, cool temps, 20-22 C. in the evening and early mornings a high of 30 mid afternoon.. Every now and then a short shower to keep things green. We have family in Ottawa that emailed us today, 22 below C. that they are coming down in a couple of weeks to thaw. My thanks to my two weather ladies, to the east, miss mermaid and to the west ms.morris, for keeping me updated. a.read |
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also they hang laundry here on barbed wire with no rips or rust marks - how come ?
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| - Cold |
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Good evening
Everyday we are facing isolated T-storm or showers, but happens that every single day, most part of Santo Domingo gets showers, it is interesting to watch, it goes like this:
It can be sunny, in early morning, until midday, then you can see storm clouds approaching from the west, then suddenly starts raining, for 10 minutes, maybe more, then it goes, sun, then more clouds approaching, rain, and so on, for example, today, we had 4 or 6 periods of shower, however, it seems like we are under several cold fronts, because afternoons are cooler, since the new year's day, even in new year's eve we had showers, some cycles as I tell above, resulting in cool afternoons and cold nights.
Cold for us is 19 ~ 22 ºC, cool would be a little higher, like 23 ~ 26 ºC.
Right now, 22ºC, with 100% humidity, dew point is 22ºC and we hit that temp already, so almost everything out there is wet, can tell because I saw my car all wet, and didn't rain after 5PM (car was dry), and it was 10PM by that moment.
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| - BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR |
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After a week at the beach with perfect weather, back in the city. In the name of the Read Gomez clan, all 25 of us, we wish you all a Happy New Year, lots of health, good weather, and any hidden yearnings you may have!!!!!
A. Read |
| - Beautiful day |
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Yesterday we had amother 2.25 inches of rain making 7.5 inches altogether in 24 hours. But today is beautiful with sunshine and blue skies and parrots flying overhead, and everywhere freshly washed and sparkling. What a beautiful day!
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| - Stormy night in Sosua |
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Wow - what a night! From midnight to 5.30am we had a tremendous thunderstorm accompanied by very strong winds. The thunder shook the house and the lightning was white instead of our usual pink. My raingauge showed 5.25 inches by this morning and from the look of the skies, there is more to come - our new oversized metal gutters earned their keep last night. The road must have flooded as half the materials from my neighbour's building site have washed up against my gate. Most surprising of all - we had continuous power all night long - sounds like a candidate for Ripley's "Believe it or not".
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| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias a Todos Yesterday we had a wintry day (for us), temps down to lower 70s, until the sun came out about 2 PM. The morning was grey, cold (ejem) drizzle and fairly cool wind from the north. In the afternoon it was back to bussines......blue skies etc., hope we'll get more days like this in the next couple of months. Planing to go for lunch in Constanza, for u who have not been there, its a valley in the mountains (yes we have mountains), about two and a half hours drive, where in our winter, temps near freezing in the mornings, not bad for a tropical island..... think I'll make it a weekend. Lovely landscapes, big area for flower and vegetables. They just opened a small hotel, idividual cottages I hear it is quite adequate. Will report after I see it. Allow me to wish everybody a Merry Xmas and New Year. Alejandro |
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Sorry Sue, still beautifull weather here. Please stay out of harms's way. Get your flu shots.......or doses of Dominican Rum with lots of lemon...... AR |
| - Beautiful weather!! and Christmas is coming soon!!! |
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Good afternoon! ^_^
Aahhhh, so fresh now days, my favourite season of the year is now, we Dominicans like to party so much by this time, so much shopping, so much family reunion. Las Americas Intl Airport and Cibao Intl. are full of Dominicans arriving from just every part of the world, we love being here for Christmas, it has a special taste we can't find outside.
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Lechón en puya, pasteles en hojas, pastelitos.... yuuuummyyyyy, it tastes so special by this time, and I have to add that the weather is soooo Beautiful, fresh days and cool nights, some rains, heavy few times, but not big deal.
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Congratulations to Alejandro Read for the great news!
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Hope you all spend a beautiful holiday season, also I hope to report nothing but great news like this one in the upcoming days.
Stay tuned... ^_^
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| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Sorry, no storms, no earthquakes, just beautifull, cool weather. aread |
| - sunny and windy North Coast |
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We are having beautiful weather at the moment - cool 82f/28c and the humidity is only 56% and strong winds. I walked along the beach yesterday morning collecting bits of driftwood and shells, and didn't have a single drop of perspiration on my brow. I walked for miles with the unusually big surf crashing on the beach and washing up cocoa pods, coconuts and all kinds of floating seeds. If this is the end of the hurricane season - way to go! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
| - Life on the North Coast |
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Alejandro, congratulations on your greatgranddaughter from us up here. I'm glad you have sunny weather because we are having a lot of rain, 2.25 inches overnight and more to come. The frogs were busy overnight too and there is frogspawn in all the big pools!
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| - Life in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias Todos Since weather here is plain beautifull, no storms, floods, etc., let me share with you all a bit of wonderfull news, I AM GOING TO GET MY FIRST GREATGRANDDAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our first family circle I thought was large enough, we are just 22!!!, 4 sons and daughters, 12 grandchildren, 4 inlaws. and now we are blessed with the comming of Maria del Mar. Our hearts are large enough to love them all. Luckily for us everybody lives here in Santo Domingo, so we will just order a new chair for dinner. Love u all. AR |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias a Todos It looks like the cold front from the NW and the usual weather from the SE are tied after 18 holes leaving a rather large area of nice weather between them, I feel sorry for two of my favorite ladies ( Miss Mermaid and Ms Sue Morris in Jamaica, who by the way is giving the lady from Antigua competition in the humor dept.) . They have been getting all the rain. AR |
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Dear Fish Lady I think that is the best recipe for pie I ever read!!!!!!!! Next time try tasting ur wiskey sitting on the floor, Happy thanksgiving. A. Read |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias Todos We are since last night living with a strong cold front (cold for us), rain that goes from drizzle to torrentional, cold wind , gray skies. That will last for a day or two. It's a reprieve from the heat, will wear jackets today. I wonder what my wife has for dinner today........good day for a spanish "cocido". Hope Miss Mermaid's fins dont freeze....... A. Read |
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Good afternoon everybody...I got to say that this season is so far a contrast with last year's. Particularly here in the Dominican Republic, at least in the metropolitan area, this summer was very very hot. September was a very exhausting month, with sunshine on its whole, with few "drops" of rain, not even a cloud with mercy to lend us some shadow. Not a single storm passed near us to "let rain". And so, yesterday was wet, at last, and this morning we had few showers, but for worst, the sun started to vaporize the water and made the afternoon seasonally hot. By Nov. 13 or so, i remember that at night was quite chilly (cool), breathing easy, I went to bed smiling to the roof, because I was frustrated with this hot summer, tired and frustrated, but December is close and with it, cooler temps. I will not say "stay tuned" this time because there is nothing to expect this season, I declared it sooooo finished since long ago >_< |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Just more of the same....perfect, cooler,beautifull weather!!!!!! Started new yerbabuena bed. A.Read |
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What a bore, another day of perfect weather. My wife's eye surgery is text book perfect. Actually she is reading the newspaper without glasses!!!! The trouble is now she realizes how old I am.!! before she did not see the wrinkles.......
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| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias Todos The Gods of wind and rain have mercifully forgoten us, we have had about a week of lovely weather, Spent the long weekend at the beach house, lots of cooking, drinking,eating, dominoes, etc. A friend invited us to a wild boar cooked in what they call "chinese box". We where a MOB, 30 of us and had a wonderfull time. It seems the cold fronts are begining to cool the temps, Thank God. Keep well A.Read |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias a Todos: A big blob of bad weather just missed the metropolitan area, still, thunder awoke me around 3/4 am. Look out Jamaica......its going ur way. It dawned (is that correct?, my english fails me sometimes!!) humid, cool and gray. From my apartment I can see the horizon to the east and there are some dark coulds aproaching.....lets see how they behave. Good day for a sancocho!!!!!!!!! AR |
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They say that you should be careful what you wish for, and last week I was bemoaning the fact that we had had very little rain for almost 5 weeks. All that has changed as in the last 72 hours we have had 9 inches/23 cm of rain here on the North Coast - 1 inch on Wednesday night, 5 inches on Thursday in 12 hours, and another 3 inches in the last 24 hours. That's enough for now! Frog heaven! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias a Todos For the last 18 hours we have been getting the edge of the first cold (cool for us) front of the year with much wellcome cool temps. Pure air conditioning in the street. Yesterday afternoon a strong chubasco passed us with heavy rains, and lots of electricity, afterwards, temps cooled and now we have some overcast skies. AR |
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Buenos Dias a Todos It seems like Miss Mermaid is getting all the rain and the nasty neighbors ( I would like to hear about his motives!!!!). Here we have been getting a lot of sunshine, moderate showers, not many, with noreast soft winds, today I am missing the wind, its dead calm, looks like we'll be having a scorcher. Miss Mermaid, get a 12 gauge....... A.Read |
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Beautifull, cooler weather, I wonder how I got "la gripe".
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Beautifull, warm sunny day, can't ask for more. a.read |
| - a drop of rain at last |
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Well we finally had some rain worth mentioning after over a month of dry weather, with 2 inches falling in an hour. But it seemed to be very localised as Sosua was bone dry and that is only 4km away. By 2pm the sun was shining, the water was drying up and the green parrots were flying overhead again. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias
We had a strong wave over us in the early hours, lots of Thunder and Rain, quite a show. At dawn seems to have passed us. Maybe we'll play golf in the afternoon.
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The Gods of good weather are smiling on us. We have had ocasional showers, cooler temps, and generally fine weather. Can't complain. A. Read |
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After black clouds and much thunder and lightning, most of the rain swept south of us again and only gave us 1/4 inch of rain. Everywhere feels cool and fresh this morning.
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| - Rain in Sosua/Cabarete |
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At last - some welcome rain and the first since the last week in August, at least more than a sprinkle anyway. Late afternoon the sky became black and strong gusts of wind started to thrash the bananas, but so often the weather curves to the south and misses us completely. The heavy shower only lasted 20 minutes, but as the sky is still fairly dark to the east, perhaps the blobs on the satellite pictures will continue to rain on us overnight. We are used to our overnight sprinkles every 3 days or so and this dry spell is most unusual. On a non-weather related topic - baby hummingbirds have been fledging recently and the logo on our new satellite dish is a red flash. The hummingbirds are very territorial and are attracted to red items, and one young bird has taken to guarding this red flash - chasing away other birds and waiting for the "flower" to open. Haha! He will have a long wait!
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| - Finally temps getting cooler |
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Good evening...Just when I posted my last post, the weather started to change, with some welcome rain. Today was mostly over casted, with few showers, the issue was that no direct sunshine made temps keep cooler, and today finally after sooo many nights, temps are nice. I got to remark here that September was extremely hot, and with very little rain. Stay tuned... |
| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias a Todos. Today we have overcast and a nice soft breeze from the NE, temps have gone down dramaticaly . Monday we had something happening here to break Dear Miss Mermaid's records with the power company, we had a 10 hour blackout, usually our emergency generator comes in auto and we dont even realize the power is gone, but guess what. The starter engine of the emergency generator failed!!!!!!!!!!! soooooo, no power, no water, no TV, nothing. Had a lot of trouble finding matches to lit the burners (they have one of those gizmos , electtric of course, to start auto) until I found some I had stolen from a restaurant. Luckily had some water stashed away for this kind of jokes and manage to make a Big Omelette for dinner, washed down with nice scotch wiskey , and half melted icecream, Phoned one of my children (age 42) and she brought over spare batteries, kerosene for a storm lamp, and had our wachtman cllimb seven stories to deliver, guess what, as soon as we got the supplies........power came back on! Can't win them all. Keep the storm repellent at hand. There is something coming out of Africa that does not look good. ARead |
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Good morning. We are missing some rain, lately all these days it's being very hot and dry. No storms, not even scratches, just hot, hot and hot, xD. Stay tuned. |
| - weather in Sto Dgo. |
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Buenos Dias a Todos Good golfing weather today. A.Read |
| - Hot & dry |
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Here on the north coast it has been hot, hot, hot and unusually dry - I can't remember when we last had any rain worth mentioning. The power situation is still bad and with no electricity for the water pump, the garden is looking a bit crispy around the edges. Of course the power comes on after dark, but I don't like to water with a hosepipe in one hand and a flashlight in the other - too many creeping and slithering things underfoot, not to mention the mosquito hoardes who see me as a bedtime snack. We have been very grateful for the breezes when the temperature passes 91f/33c as it has for the past week, beautiful skies with trade wind clouds and good sunsets too.
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| - weather in Sto. Domingo |
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Buenos Dias to all: In case you have'nt notice, I am including more spanish in my reports, free lessons in the most beautiful language in the world!!!!! Yesterday we had one aguacero (shower) after another. lots of agua (water), today it seems is going to be the same. Our storm repellent is still working, Thanks God. My yerbabuena is doing fine, have an excess of Aloe Vera (sábila) , Anybody interested?, giving it away to anybody that will take care of it. Keep the storm repellent jarr at hand. just in case. A.Read |
| - INVITACION DE ALEJANDRO READ |
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Hola Amigos Pido perdón por utilizar este medio para invitarlos a mi exposición el próximo Jueves 5 de Octubre a las 7:30 P.M. en Casa de Teatro, Ciudad Colonial. Culpa de la imprenta que tardó en entregar!!!! Los espero. Alejandro. Attachment:
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Good morning to all: We've been having ocasional showers, lots of sunshine, less heat than last week, could it be that it's going to cool of at last? hope so. Anyway, my yerbabuena is doing fine!!! Having my 8th. Individual Showing in a few days, so I'll be very busy, if u dont hear from me, dont worry, still alive. A. Read areadart at blogspot.com |
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Dear G. Serra It,s either you turn on your AC or get sick. At my age, I'll take the power company's bill . I agree with you, The service they give it's a shame. A.Read |
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Good morning...It seems like we are melting, lately these past two weeks is being extremely hot, seasonably hot, heat index reaching very high temps, you can't avoid having your face covered with sweat, and making things worst, we are avoiding turning the A/C on because of very high electricity cost in Dominican Republic, we have over a week of success, surviving hot nights without A/C. The power service in this country is a national shame, very bad service with blackouts from 1 hour to up to 13 hours in some poor areas, though bills are skyrocketing. I am hoping for some tropical wave to pass ASAP or something that make temps cooler as we approach to fresh winter temps. Stay tuned... Atentamente, the melted guy. |
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Hola everybody: Very happy to see Helene pointing north In Sto Dgo. hot dry calm weather, blue skies, good golfing weaher!! Let's enjoy it while it lasts. A.Read |
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Viva el good weather!!!!!!!!!!!!! A. Read |
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Hello All Last night we had a thunderstorm that awoke me. Lots of rain, little wind. I am not too clear about the intensity, we got back from one of my grandson's wedding so you can imagine.......we were very "happy"! At 8:00 A.M. very hot, quite humid, no breeze. The good news, no storms our way! A.Read |
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Good Morning All Nice warm weather with soft breeze. So far our bad weather repellet seems to be working!! Has not rained for a couple of days. Had to water my plants in the balcony!!! Now have basil in my 7th.floor garden,....love pesto. A. Read |
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Buenos dias Effendi Hacia dias que no sabia de su exelencia.....Como anda el disco? informame de la preciosa... Hay expoAlex el 5 de Octubre. eso me tiene ocupadito......pero la cosa anda bien. Edo anda por los paises del otro lado del charco. Sufriendo como loco. 0 pesca, 0 golf. He perdido las maderas y no encuentro los hierros. no hay futuro..... Pilsus |
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Good Morning All At last no bad weather looming to the east-southeast, looks good for a few days. Enjoy. A.Read |
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Good morning all I propose forming the Wave a Day Club for this time of the year. It looks that we'll get another today around noon time. I much rather get my rain and wind a little bit at a time instead all at once in the nasty form of a hurricane. Many thanks to those that mailed me about yerbabuena. God bless you all. A.Read |
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Samaná had heavy showers with embedded thunderstorms today. Looking down to Las Terrenas we could see some quite spectacular flashes of lightning near the beaches there. Saludos! |
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This morning the gods of weather aparently got mad at me, for at noon we had a rain storm that lasted for about two hours, with acoustics and a little wind. Serves me wright!!!!! Sorry Gods, I promise I will not do it again........
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Good morning all Thank God for steering Florence way north!!!! Weather in SD could not be better, heat has receded a bit, al 8:30 A.M nice soft cool breeze from the NE. bright sun scattered clouds. Have been getting sporadic showers. My aloe vera in my balcony has been getting getting enough water, even my basil is improving........actually had to give away something like 12 aloe plants, just got some "yerbabuena" (dont know the english name for it) plants, makes wonderfull tea!!!! Lets enjoy the weather!!!!!!!!!! A.Read |
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Thanks Dave for the warning, will keep an eye on those new waves. Deep dry on the outside, wet inside...... A.Read |
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22:30 shitty druiling weather At around 21:00 we got thunders and heavy rain, but 15 minutes later it went back to very soft and the thunder was gone. Our satellite Internet was down for only 3 minutes during this event, nothing special We are blessed this time, i see reports from other places in the DR that really got hit, but it is not over yet (generator, pump and camera are still stand-by) Arjan -- ====================================================== *Dunhill Systems*, USA, The Satellite Specialists for the Carribean UnaSat, Nera, Idirect and Direcway Certified Installers Phone: 352-437-1026 *Brant Systems*, Dominican Republic Registered at INDOTEL Phone: 809-437-8005 Visit our website at: http://www.dunhill.ws |
| - Overcasted and Rain, for two days now! |
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Good evening...
Serious problems for us, we have got excessive rain due to Ernesto influence, at least here in National District hasn't stop raining since yesterday morning or so, this means two days of rains, thunders but no wind gusts, right now the rain passed from moderate to heavy, which triggered my worries and made me report here...
Morning newspaper told government was doing actions to evacuate people from dangerous zones, some areas are inaccessible by traffic because our terrific sewer system. We try to keep with our lives normally, but rains stops many commercial activities as people prefer to stay home enjoying a hot cup of coffee or cocoa.
Stay tuned...
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The Dominican Republic have two days with heavy rain, all people living near river and the coast hass been evacuated by the Government. The rain do not have winds, only too much rain. I'll inform if there is any change in the weather in this country. From Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Joaquin Gonzalez. |
| - Ernesto - update from North Coast |
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Overcast all day today with just 1/2 inch of rain overnight. Light raining most of the day from about 9 am but very calm. Temperatures at 78 F during the day making it very pleasant but for the rain.
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Hello, right now it si 4:00p.m. and it has been raining since last night, however the rain has been moderate, in some parts rained heavy like the coast on the south side of the capital, the part that is being affected is the southern part of haiti. Thanks for writing and hopefully tomorrow we will see the sun again! jaime valenzuela
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It is like we have Dutch weather here Sometimes it poors the rest of the day the rain drips We even had today some blue sky Till now nothing special in Juan Dolio Arjan -- ====================================================== *Dunhill Systems*, USA, The Satellite Specialists for the Carribean UnaSat, Nera, Idirect and Direcway Certified Installers Phone: 352-437-1026 *Brant Systems*, Dominican Republic Registered at INDOTEL Phone: 809-437-8005 Visit our website at: http://www.dunhill.ws |
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Here in Samaná we had rain in the morning and only little wind. In the East we can see that fewer clouds and a broken sky comes our way. Have a nice Sunday. m'frog |
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As we are in the NE we only are affected by the outer cloud band of Ernesto. Today we've had an early thunderstorm at daybreak and scattered showers during the day, sunny intervals and gusty wind from the SE. I guess we'll see (rather hear) more rain at night. |
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Well, it looks as if Ernesto has gone through Baní with no problems. After a lovely sunny morning, we had some heavy rain for an hour or so this afternoon, followed by an overcast sky and some light rain later on. Then this evening, around 6:45 p.m. we had another session of heavy rain and now it is lightly raining. If that all Ernesto does in Baní, we will be happy.
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Good evening...The whole day has been raining here in National District because of the influence of TS Ernesto. Temps are very cool, I can say we needed that, it seems it could be raining almost in the whole nation. We dodged the bullet and is Jamaica's turn to face this system, as for Haiti, seems like they will dodge a closer bullet, after Jamaica, Cuba, and then the Gulf of Mexico, after that, oil prices, as always, big headache huh¿? I want to mention that yesterday around 2PM we had very loud thunders fiesta, with lighting striking around the city, my dad's flight was scheduled to land at 2:30PM from Panamá City and got here in time, I asked him how was the approach, he just said too much clouds and turbulence as they were descending... Stay tuned... |
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Hola Just after noon we had some heavy rain and some rather strong wind gusts, that just lasted for 45 mi, now at 3:00 just heavy overcast and a light drizle. Ernesto already passed our meridian. Good luck to all west of us. A. Read |
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Although Ernesto is passing well to the south of us, he is dumping plenty of rain as he goes. Drizzle all day yesterday and heavier rain in Santiago meant the centre of the city was flooded in places. Must be worse now because here on the north coast we have had 2.25 inches since midnight. Brightening up a little now.
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Thank God Ernesto (my grandfather, uncle, cousin, and 1st. grandchild's name), went the way of the peso.......way down. Jamaicans should board up for it looks that its heading their way, my best wishes, may God protect them. In Sto. Domingo, overcast, dead calm seas and winds. Can live with that, but knowing the tropics, that can change....... A. Read |
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Hola Todos Just heard about td5, looks like its traveling over hot water.......does not look good......please keep it on a westerly course. Weather in St. Domingo is hazy, hot as hell, but that will change tomorow. People in Jamaica and Cuba better keep an eye on this one. A.Read |
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Good afternoon...I didn't know well this stranger phenomenon called Sahara Dust until now. I was looking into the horizon in my apartment when I realized this "soft yellow" tone in the far sight, like a condensed haze, also is very hot and winds are calm, and so I could recognize that is gotta be the Sahara Dust thing... Watch out for the system passing over winward island, it could become our next TD. Stay tuned... |
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Saludos to all
Back in Santo Domingo after a wonderfull two weeks in Colombia, I'm at your service again. Thanks to all that kept storms away, keep doing it.......
A. Read
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Didn't feel a thing here on the north coast - no ripples in my coffee!!
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| - north coast thunderstorms |
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Thunderstorms and heavy rain Sunday night and through Monday. On checking my raingauge this morning (too wet to do it yesterday) I see we had 3.5 inches, and the flying ants swarmed overnight! Now it is a sunny 81f/27c with a light breeze - perfect weather for cleaning up after the ants.
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| - quiet night at Cabarete/Sosua on the north coast |
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Last night there were some black clouds to the south of us, but nothing worth taking a picture of, and this morning grey cloud north and south with the palm fronds just stirring. Woke in the night to the sound of gentle rain (0.5 inches), now 83f/28c with humidity 74%. No thunder or lightning so is there a sting in the tail?
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| - Chris in the Dominican Republic |
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It looks as if Chris is passing north of Hispanola but this afternoon, after a nice sunny day, we, in Bani, about sixty-five kilometres southwest of Santo Domingo, had a real storm for about two hours. There was heavy rain and the streets looked like rivers, but that is normal for a heavy rain. However, what was not normal was all the thunder and lightning, some of it was quite close. Our dogs didn't know what to do with themselves. I found out later that one of those close lightning strikes hit the cross on the top of
our church, Santa Cruz, broke it, and the watchman said he could see the light as it went into the ground.
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| - Samaná Still Tranquil |
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I think the reported Santo Domingo weather were a patch of local thunderstorms moving west. Between those and the TS center to the NE of Samaná lies
the Dominican landmass where seems to be little cloud coverage yet.
We expect the outer clouds of CHRIS sometime later in the night and moderate rainfall if the system maintains its track due west. We consider ourselves lucky because the system just lost strength before reaching us. :) |
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Good evening!Surprising how weather changes over here, this morning until 4pm i think so, was sunny, hot, and so sudden, rings of clouds passed by, very loaded with humid, the clouds formed a very low ceiling, aircrafts also were taken by surprise as non of them flight when the weather gets this bad (I am talking about La Isabela Intl Airport at the north of the National District, I could see them maneuvering between the clouds, and then the big splash! I was about to go to the supermarket with my aunt and the heavy rain caught us in the middle of the traffic, wow, the visibility went very low as the big splash continued, and it extended for an hour or two. As for the metropolitan area, this is all I got to report, later on the news will pop up with new information regarding the storm passing north of us. Stay tuned... |
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Well, I don't know what to say about "Chris." The storm officially DID
reach hurricane status last night. It looked like it was dissolving by
mid day today HOWEVER...here's what happened at least on our part of
the Dominican South Shore.
We thought Juan Dolio (the S. Shore of the DR was in the clear but apparently not). Right now (2:44 EDT) we are getting hammered with pounding rain and lightening strikes everywhere at frequencies I've never seen. None of the satellite images I have pulled up show what it is. We were at Playa Carribe beach and all was calm and sunny. The waves even sucked. Then these fingers of what looked hurricane-like to me started moving in and I pointed out the ridges to the other surfers. Then the waves picked up and no one payed attention. It soon started raining so I brought the stuff back to the car and went back to catch more waves. THEN the pounding started...didn't see lightening at first but about a half an hour later we started seeing strikes about 5 miles away. Eventually Tristen got scared and I said "One more wave." We headed for the car right as the lightening started doing what felt like bombing. At the car a deluge of rain and more lightening. Driving through Guyacanes, Los Canucos and Juan Dolio lead to hydroplaning which my 11 year old calls "Car Surfing." As we drove into the street where our house is I SAW lightening hit the ground and water came shooting up (very cool after the initial shock). Apparently the construction crew building next to us hadn't buried the water main. Now they have to replace it. As I was in the shower, it was like a strobe light with my eyes closed and we have opaque windows that don't open. Now sheets of rain are coming in and there is water rising up under all the bedroom doors. Stay Safe, DrChrisHE at aol.com |
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All is quiet in the south coast!! Baby Chris way up north, perhaps friends in Puerto Plata and Montecristi are goig to get some rain and a little wind. But in Santo Domingo, at 8:20 AM, blue skies, fresh breeze from the SE.
Wont be reporting for a few days, going to a wedding in Cali,Colombia. My cousin's daughter is getting married. big party!!!!! A.Read |
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Looks like being a closer than usual one for us on the north coast and we really don't need 3-8 inches of rain - really we don't! Since the thunderstorms all over the weekend, the skies have in general have had heavy overcast with periods of sunshine. Overcast and humid all today with a feeling of something pending and the occasional cool breeze is very welcome. Well we are getting ready with plenty of bottled water and 100 gals of diesel in the tank for the generator - just in case!! Stay safe everyone.
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Last night a strong tropical wave went trough Santo Domingo, and I mean strong. Heavy rain lasted for over 2 hours with 25 to 30 kts. winds. More is expected today for the north coast, so get some sancocho ingredients for sunday dinner......
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Good evening...This post will be quick as I'm very busy at the moment, but wanted to point out that for about an hour we had very windy (VERY WINDY) with strong showers, I was a bit disconnected from weather world so I was thinking that maybe we were under tropical storm or hurricane influence, but is just a very vigorous wave, as I speak, I have a friend in Puerto Rico talking to me and I can hear the thunders on the background, but over here is calm, but cloudy... Stay tuned... |
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Good morning to all Beautifull weather all weekend! Fishing was great, we fished at 200 fathoms, got 5 big merous, one about 50 pounds, some big queenfish ( for landlubers, its a choice red snapper) some in the 10-18 pounds range. Wifes happy, freezers stoked, might get permision for another fishing weekend......... A. Read |
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Thanks God!! No red, yellow or white in the satelite picture!!!!! Will go snapper fishing this week end....... A.Read |
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good morning to all at 8:45 AM in Santo Domingo the expected tropical wave is going trough, lots of rain, some wind, and lots of cafe con leche.Does not look like much. We have been having some of this almost every day. Good for agriculture, bad for golf. Can't win them all..... A.Read |
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Good [gray] morning to all Woke up in the middle of the night to torrential rain and thunderstorm, it was no surprise that at 7 am it looked as if it will go on for the rest of the day...... will try to keep dry, the bad news is that the family has planned going to the beach hose...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A. Read |
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Good afternoon:Yesterday around 2 PM (-4:00 GMT) we had electrical storm and quite lot of showers, it quickly flooded some areas of the city. Severe lighting made me turn off some electric devices such as PC and TV, power outage during the storm. Showers extended for few hours but heavy enough to badly flood some areas. Stay tuned for next wave... |
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Yesterday we had a strong wave going trough our country, lots of rain, and electric activity, some areas of the city flooded but luckily no mayor damage. Had our parking lot with 10 inches of water, but drained quite fast.
This mornig, sun's out, blue skies. Waiting for the next wave in a couple of days.... Keep ur powder dry a.read |
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Wonderful sky tonight with a ring around a big moon, clouds moving fast east to west. A slight sprinkling of rain and the surf sounds big and noisy from about 700 metres away.
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Good afternoon...This weekend that just passed was very wet, specially Sunday, I was about to hit the road from National District to Juan Dolio Beach areas (a bit further from Las Américas Intl. Airport), and we were shopping comestibles before departing at a supermarket, and it was about 3:08 PM, when the clouds turned gray (just when we thought that we were going to have a sunny Sunday, after quite wet Friday and Saturday), well, cats and dogs began to fall, this highway is very dangerous when is raining, it goes thru all the coast line, and we were going to a pool house in that beautiful beach and hotels area... Rain, rain and more rain, until like 9 PM, when we hit the road again back to National District, we could see, and all incoming traffic to the city, the awesome lighting show, striking not so far from the vicinity, but it was tremendous. Yesterday was sunny whole day, at AM hours started to rain, then sun, and right now, getting cloudy. Not much to tell, this is the Caribbean, and it will be like that until hurricane season is over. Stay tuned... |
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Lots of little earthquakes here in the Sosua area in the last few days. 3.5 on Friday night, 3.8 on Saturday morning and a nice little shiver at 9.34 this morning that set things a jingling, accompanied by a low rumbling and seemed to go west to east judging by what had fallen over. No damage and pretty ripples in the pool - all these small slips will hopefully keep the faults lightly stressed. That apart, the kiteboarding championships in Cabarete have finished and the good winds continue with deep blue skies and fluffy white clouds. Out back I can hear a mockingbird swearing at a hawk high up in the tree - must be a small one because he is getting pretty brave with his abuse.
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The Dominican Republic is right up there with the BVI and USVI when it comes to power outages - they can last for up to 10 hours a day although 4 hours is more usual. All praise to the person who invented invertors!!! without which we would be in the dark much more as generators are great but so noisy and expensive to run. Beautiful sunny day here on the north coast with a good cooling breeze. The kiteboarding world cup starts in Cabarete today http://www.pkra.info/EVENTS/cabarete/ so they will be glad of the stiff breeze.
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The rain finally reached the coastal strip on the north coast yesterday afternoon, and deposited 3.5 inches in 1 hour. At 4pm the sky turned dark and the rain was so heavy that we lost our satellite connection for a couple of hours. We still have a blanket of high cloud hiding the sun, and there is a cool and fresh-washed feeling today.
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Overnight there has been a great deal of rain and flooding over the mountains in Santiago, and two horsemen were killed by lightning in Villa Rivas. There is a green alert in place in 18 provinces with the expectation of more heavy rain (10-30mm expected in places) and high winds, and the danger of rivers overflowing their banks. Here on the coastal side of the mountains we could see the black clouds and the lightning, but only had a light shower. At the moment we have a blanket of very high cloud filtering the sunshine.
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The south coast has been having a lot of rain and more is forecast, but here on the north coast we are still pretty dry which is unusual for us. We had localised thunderstorms yesterday and today, but the amount of rain deposited was minimal. The white egrets have been coming down to bathe on the step of the swimming pool which I have never seen before - must be because their normal pools have dried up. The thunder is rumbling around and the lightning is pink as can be, but very little rain.
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Good evening:
Tropical waves are punishing the country.
Currently (as right now): thick black clouds, winds calm, no thunders or lighting.
Yesterday night, dangerous lighting, thunders, windy.
I was talking on the phone with a friend who lives near coast line, I could heard a noisy thunder on the phone, and few secs later i heard it myself on the surrounding in a low tone (sound takes more time to travel), he thinks a lighting hit nearby areas, his power got knocked off.
Local authorities warned people living near "arroyos y cañadas" (a translator program translate as streams and gorges, not sure if that is the correct meaning) before sudden floods.
If you live outside and you are wondering how does it feels being under this kind of tropical wave, well, is fun, you see thick clouds approaching, like a cold front, and very possible that so sudden the wind start to pick up, like if the approaching rain wants the terrain clean, and the you can't see far, you see like a fog, but that is the rain approaching, and then this really big heavy downpour... and then, calm. And so the wave go, another one comes.
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The National Meteorological Office (ONM) has issued a warning for the eastern, northeastern and southeastern parts of the Dominican Republic to be on the watch for flooding. The warning is the result of the tropical wave that is passing over the island and bringing heavy rains. The ONM is advising persons living in low-lying areas to take precautions. Strong winds and rains as well as electrical discharges are expected. It has been so dry recently that a little rain (not all in one downpour please) will be very welcome as the palms have brown fronds and the grass is looking very dry. Very unusual for the north coast where we usually have an evening shower every few nights. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
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Best Saludos to everybody at the start of a new season.
As allways at your service for what you may need in Santo Domingo
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Well, we have had no rain yet over the north coast, but the low over Cuba is looking more threatening and could develop into something else. It would be nice to have some reports from Jamaica or even Cuba where they must be feeling the effects of this system. Best wishes from us all for a safe season which is looking threatening already. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
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Good morning...The National Meteorology Office issued yesterday warnings to up to 18 provinces including National District and vicinity for the nearly stationary system located between Cuba and Haiti as you can see right now on satellite pictures. The Yaque del Norte river (longest river on island, about 200 km) river has incremented its volume and could menace near residents. Meanwhile, skies over National District is nearly over casted, yesterday the sky varied its condition thru all day, with rain and sun periods. Stay tuned... |
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Good morning...I woke up this morning around 6:30 AM and noticed the sky heavily thick ready to release some welcome raining. I like rainy days specially morning but just if i stay at home, I don't like driving when it is raining because transit goes mad. Though it is expected to continue our wet days, this means high humid, heat sensation might be unbearable. Not any tropical system threatening the Dominican Republic, yet. Stay tuned... |
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Good morning!Today starts Atlantic Hurricane season, with 9 hurricanes expected to form, 4 or 5 majors. Weather here has been a little bit wet and very wet, depends on the region of the island. Santiago and surrounding provinces, up to the north of the island there have been torrential rains, enough to flood houses and streets. Down, to the south, over National District (where i live), just smooth rain, enough to cool down a bit temps (around 31°). To finish this post, i will leave you with this picture, taken by a lady living in a residential tower near the malecón (coastal avenue), it is a small and weak tornado, we are not used to it, but according to National Weather Offcie, all conditions are here for these phenomens, just that are a little bit weird, it is more common on northern part of the island and they usually affects plantations. Attachment:
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It has suddenly turned very hot which doesn't bode well for the summer - the swimming pool is up to 92f and the sea is very warm too - I will take the pool thermometer down with me next time to check. In Santiago yesterday it was near the 95f that they had at the Haitian border. Very hot for May as we usually get these temperatures in July. The garden is full of birds - the flycatchers have just fledged and flown away, and we have hummingbirds, king birds, mocking birds, woodpeckers, palm chats, banana quits and mannikins, apart from all the birds of prey. If the sea is hot we may get an early hurricane season!! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
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After nearly a month without rain, the front has finally come through from the west followed by thunderstorms. It poured nearly 1.75 inches in 2 hours and the temperature dropped from 91f/33c to 78f/26c - very welcome as it has been hot! hot! hot! with a hot strong wind these last few days. So all the thirsty islands to the east of us, hold on because it's coming your way. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com |
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Good afternoon!I was checking the stormcarib site, I've been away for long, but nothing interesting to report. My first post and the very first for Dominican Rep's section is about the NOAA report and hurricane list for last season, it says "Here we go again". Well, this season CAN'T be more intense than last one, because, LAST SEASON WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE, record after record, each one broken, but you never know. Why quite timing? well, that post was on May 16, we had few wet days, and just like now, since May 15-16 or so, we are having wet days, so... here we go again! xD Is good to be back, I'm sorry for the sad news I found on one of the members of the site. I won't report much this season because I am more busy than past seasons, since I am finishing my career and promotions on my job, I am planning to start doing something more of my career (constructions, managing, material quality, etc). If I am not wrong, this will be my 4th season here, as a local reporter, I found this site searching for hurricane topics and a web search engine brought me here, good I found virtual place because is great and keeps me in touch with my other partners in the islands of the Caribbean. That's all for now. Stay tuned... |
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Tonight looks like a full moon (without checking the diary) and it is like daylight out there. We had a shower of rain earlier and I could read my raingauge by moonlight!! No wind, air 78 degrees and humidity 78%, air soft as a feather and just beautiful out there. Best wishes for a happy Easter to all correspondents.
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The weather here is gorgeous with rain at night and hot sunny days. A big thunderstorm on Wednesday night dropped 3 inches of rain but by the next morning it had all dried up and everywhere was green and sparkling. I was down on the south coast last week and it was a different story - very brown and dessicated, but that's why we have tropical rainforest and they have cactus. What a wonderful varied island this is.
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