Tropical Storm Fay ... was ... Tropical Weather Disturbance

[rio2003]

This is absolutely fascinating - well done all of you.......
Keep up the great work!

[M.A.R.]

San Jose de las Matas, some rain in the morning, midday humid but some breeze and about 85F and cloudy, threat of rain.

[Chris]

OK, the center of this tropical disturbance is now over the Mona Passage and approaching the North coast of the DR. Puerto Rico reports lots of rain riding in on the backside of the system. Expectations are that the system is now busy strengthening into a tropical depression and it will be a fully fledged tropical depression once the center reaches the DR or soon thereafter. We will know more about what this system is actually doing after the recon flight this afternoon.

On the North Coast though we still have the interaction with the high land mass and that is always a tough one to call.

And yes I concur, the DR1 weather forum is a wonderful place to be in times of storms. The sharing of information and conditions and the spirit of helping one another is simply tremendous. Its lovely to see the names of old friends! Hi Guys! and I always end up with a few new friends.

Of course, with a lot of rain in a short period, be aware that flash floods may occur in low lying areas, flooding, mudslides, raging rivers and if your hurricane preparedness plans are not complete, please do so urgently. We may not have much warning for the next one.

[DanaP]

We've become Tropical Storm Fay!!!

National Hurricane Center

and we have some hard rain here in Juan Dolio, been like this on and off all day.

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[Celt202]

Heavy rain with thunder and lightning arrived in Santo Domingo within the last half hour. The wind is light with mild gusts.

[Chris]

Yes indeed, tropical storm Fay is on our Northern doorstep. The low level circulation became better defined with flight level winds of around 51 miles per hour. There are now sufficient westerly winds south of the center to justify calling the system a tropical cyclone. These winds extend only a small 50 odd miles from the center.

Fay is expected to turn North after her sojourn over the North Coast of the Dominican Republic. Note, little has changed from what we said previously. Thunderstorm activity is intensifying and Fay will run across the North Coast of the DR at 10 to 15 miles per hour. This will be the sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic season. This should not be catastrophic for the DR as the high landmass will repel the system in my experience. However, storms changed over the past two or so years and we are all learning a lot.

Again, expect a lot of rain, a lot of wind, beach erosion, flash floods, mudslides and flooding in low lying areas. We do not have a hurricane on our hands, we have a tropical storm on our hands. Most of us should be able to cope just fine unless it stalls out on our beaches as we saw last year.

[Peter & Alex]

Wind started about half an hour ago - power just went out - Cable TV just went out - no more rain YET??!!

[CG-LT]

Lots & Lots of wind out of the south east, quite strong gusts at times, very little rain for the moment.....

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by Peter & Alex

Wind started about half an hour ago - power just went out - Cable TV just went out - no more rain YET??!!

Our power in Sosua just went out a few minutes ago too. (approx. 7:35 PM)
PS: High winds, light rain.

[Chris]

Remember, in this one, rain follow the winds.
All advisories for Puerto Rico are now void, so, going by their experience, it is quick duration.

I still feel we have a 'normal' tropical storm on our hands and would like to see the reports as the system travels up the coast. I may be wrong though as last year taught us a lot with stalled out systems.

This is the progress up to now...