Tropical Wave moving throu

[MikeFisher]

so the tropical wave which popped up SE of puerto rico been expected to move over Hispaniola today.
at this moment it is located south of Saona Island, moving WNW,
looks like some rain for the southcoast.
even that it would slow down over land, the system is moving fast and should have passed the DR late tonight.
actual effects here on the east are strong winds of around 15 knots with higher gusts, Sea Choppy but good for fishing still.
looks like we will not feel any significant effect on the east coast,
the south may get some rain and 20-25 knots of winds.
Mike

[Yachtmaster]

Had a nasty squall with 35+ knots of wind gusts and rain pass over the BVI today around 3:30PM, following the tropical wave that just passed over the area. NOAA weather warning said the disturbance was moving westward over the USVI around 4:30PM and then onwards. Don't know if it will pass near your area, but watch out!

[MikeFisher]

i took a lst look for today on the sat shots around half an hour ago,
i would say the tropical wave is as such moving nowhere, it seems it is falling apart.
but that would of course not delete all the rainload collected around by that lil formation, it may during tonight build what we call a guaguada, on na NW or WNW track such slow moving rainload would mess up with us for a couple days easily.
as a pure tropical wave, fast moving on its 15_ miles per hour it would have passed our area tonight and in the morning all would have been fine.
now i really have against my own prior prediction doubts about that.
at this moment we are completely dry, and we have no wind around, during today we had some tough gusts, but nothing special, it been a full sunny day with a strong breeze.
waterloads in the way of a guaguada are not on the funny side, it messes the weather due to strong rainfalls without big wind involved, slow moving, means longer lasting, and such could in the mountainous and riverside areas produce the typical dangerous water problems, like mudslides or rising rivers.
but right now nothing of that, but there's a bunch of rain south and southwest.
it may disappear from the screen til we wake up in the morning, my fav idea, i have a couple fishing runs planned for tomorrow morning.
it could also start the week as a 'singing in the rain'.
at least no real danger of anything present for the east coast.
good eve
Mike

[juanita]

Rain fall at the moment over Santo Domingo, it will be fun getting to work! Why don't we have rubber boots here like in Canada?

[Hlywud]

One has broke up but another is heading your way

Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

[MikeFisher]

yes Wud,
that's 97L, on the screens since last week.
a little tropical wave,
not forming up since,
very unfavorable surroundings,
will pass our longitudes around mid week.
i don't think we get any effect of it here on the east coast.
for the south it may bring again some rain,
that's not unusual for the caribbean coastline of the island,
most tropical formations move throu the caribbean Sea, so the south coast, Bayahibe, La Romana, San Pedro, Santo Domingo get a bit more of such rains than the dryer and protected east coast during hurricane season.
today been an other sunny beach day,
we are back from the beach with visiting friends right now to grab some cold ones in the shaddow.
it's hot and dry.
Mike

[MikeFisher]

Juanita,
it is south of Barahona now,
should be over now.
hey,
singing in the warm caribbean rain is better than to work on a dry day somewhere else, ha ha.
Mike

[MikeFisher]

so 97L did weaken more, moves very fast,
but also is on a NW trail.
PC is still dry,
but wind is growing up by the hour,
for this afternoon we will get the clouds in.
97L will move over the Island,
nothing to be concerned about.
a cloudy and most likely also a rainy afternoon later on today.
gusts are high but not near any dangerous wind forces.
and surroundings are not favorable to let it grow,
looks like it goes on weakening and it moves fast forward.
tomorrow morning all should be fine.

and we have a new disturbance,
located north of the mid Bahamas area,
thunderstorm activity is on,
and even with not much favorable 20_knots windshear it is slowly growing.
still not organized.
it will be no threat for the Island Hispaniola,
actual movement brings that area towards North Carolina.
the SST's over the whole area there are favorably very high,
so that thingy should be watched carefully by the people living there.
those small disturbances move quick,
it may hit coastline in less than 2 days from now.
Mike

[MikeFisher]

12:39PM,
the tropical wave arrived on the east coast,
wind gusts come up but not in a power way,
heavy rain is on.

i wish i would have get caught by that down at the colmado,
would be the prefect excuse to stay there and kill those greenies til tonight, lol.
Mike

[aross]

Loud thunder and black, black, black skies south of us here in Cabarete. Wind picking up but no rain yet.