The glorious sound of thunder and Lightening and rain, really really raining!

Hillbilly

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Just now I was awakened from my nap with thunder and the sound of pounding rains.

This is what we need for the next few days.

Earlier this morning, I saw some dark clouds forming to the north, and I thought "Puerto Plata should
get a soaking if those work right."

At 12:30, I picked up a friend at the children's hospital and again saw that the northern part of the valley was covered in dark, threatening cluds..

Humm,,,,I thought, this might get interesting...

And now, rain....probably not enough today but at least it is a start.

Thank you Lord for this water...

HB
 

whirleybird

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Unusual huge black clouds here near Sabaneta de Yasica and dogs tell me that there is thunder about too - only seen a few huge spots of rain yet whilst I was out in the gardens with them but hopefully we will get a dousing of rain too - every bit welcome however how heavy or how brief!
 

amp

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Rained a good amount here on the east side of town. Very strong thunder that felt like it was shaking the building.
 

the gorgon

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Rained a good amount here on the east side of town. Very strong thunder that felt like it was shaking the building.

just headed home in a mad dash. some really dense, dark clouds forming above. this could be a good one.
 

dv8

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the clouds are pouring over costambar. we wanted to go for a walk with dogs but no can do.
 

windeguy

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It rained lightly in Cabarete and then cleared up. I don't see anything that would bring more rain at the moment.
 

sayanora

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We were at Gold's gym around 5:30 and we saw it pouring down hard!!,, for about 10 minutes.. :( We need more!
 
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There should be more rain.coming since this is the beginning of hurricane season

His Royal Majesty, Lord Belly Button Kidney Bean, House of Donkey Kong
 

windeguy

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There should be more rain.coming since this is the beginning of hurricane season

Nope. Hurricane season here is from June 1 through November 30. We are in the "middle" of the hurricane season. A recent comment about El Nino says that El Nino may be responsible for more rain this fall than normal, while other forecasts have said that the drought will continue.
 
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Saw hundreds of malnourished foraging cattle and horses while taking the bus around the country. I sure hope the rains come soon for their sake.

One thing that can happen when a drought is bad is the soil loses its ability to absorb water easily, just like a dried out kitchen sponge. Then you get flooding when the rains come, but the soil is only wet on top. A couple one or two inch rains would be nice before the big storms.
 

Cdn_Gringo

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The general consensus of opinions that I have read suggest that until El Nino significantly weakens or goes away completely, current weather trends will continue.

Here in the Caribbean there is a change of some promising moisture in Oct., Nov. or some portion of those two month, then back to hot and dry maybe until next spring. We'll see.