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MikeFisher

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here we go with the actual weather reports form Punta Cana.
while we passed today,
tuesday september 9th 2008,
with high 80'sF/32C, high humidity
very light winds from the SE,
few clouds been around.
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right now,
tuesday eve 8PM,
still 82F/28C, 80% humidity,
some clouds over the coastline will in some parts provide again some nighttime showers, short ones, no windy ones,
breeze is very light from the SE, not measureable.
the clouds still passing by the last 2 days are a rain area which been NNE of Venezuela a few days ago but got sucked upwards to the NNW by the tremendeous powers of Ike, so for the next 2 days i expect the same weather on the east.
high temps, high humidity, partly cloudy,
few short showers in some areas,
mostly caribbean sunshine.
i expect the wind to stay very low, max of 5-7 knots til the weekend,
then that stuff will be passed by.
for the rainfalls in santo domingo our 'great' Marina de Guerra prohibited yesterday on one of the calmest september days i ever faced here on the east all watersport activities, time that our own "people in charge" learn about the differences of climate/weather/Sea conditions in the different areas of our huge Island. i can not count how often every year we do not work offshore because Sea conditions are dangerous, but we would be allowed to do so, because it's sunny in the Capital City in the morning, so the weather on the Island is just fine.
a lot to improve.
even within the 50 kilometer Punta Cana Beach Strip we have areas which are dangerous for rip tides aso on some days while most sections of the area are just perfect for a Fun in the Sun Day.
i hope one day we get authorities with knowledge about conditions present at 'the area' and the power to make decisions the right way, locally, right where needed.
have a great eve everybody
cheers from the East
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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10:20PM the former described little 'extra tail' arrived with his last fight.
temps raised by 3-4F, even the breze feels nice cool on the skin,
clouds coming in from the Mona Channel, but then the wind turned one moment to an other coming from the north east, running a 10-12 knots steadily, gusts of 18-20 knots, rain set in a 15-20 minutes later, but not strong. right now, 40 minutes after the first drops felt down it starts to stop, will be over fast.
Mike
 

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the rain came down last night,
so everything is ready for a beautiful beachday on the east.
wednesday morning 9:30AM
81F/27C
sunny, humidity 85%
few clouds around, most time of the day will stay sunny
wind is dead
inshore sea flat like a lagoon, no waves around,
the water from last night is now located near Samana.
there is still more rain located in front of Punta Cana,
but no fast movements, doesn't look like a windy formation,
so i would expect a shower or two partly over the area during afternoon
and some more tonight.
Mike
 

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PC passed the whole day sunny and dry,
high 80's, high humidity, no winds,
inshore and offshore waters flat.
6:30PM
81F/27C, 84% humidity,
very low wind from the southeast,
a rare constellation, because i am watching the whole day with my own eyes not so friendly looking colors in a dark sky over the far Northeast offshore waters, but we are here in the clear with a light breeze from the southeast.
i don't trust the quiet calm eve hours.
around the Northeastern caribbean we have heavy rainloads all around, around Puerto Rico, around PC, but we stayed completely dry today, no drop of rain felt down in PC. on the sat shots i can not really see a accurate movement towards any side, maybe they just rain down over those far open waters.
for tomorrow i expect again a quiet morning with a light breeze,
but by the look of the skies over the Ocean in front of my house right on the beach, i do not believe that the breeze stays from the southern or SE side, i expect a change towards NorthEast tomorrow or tomorow night, that will change fast and like always unexpected, i think we will get some of that rain over there in within the next 24-48 hrs. wind will not be much strong, just blowing up with some higher gusts while showering, back down afterwards right away.
will be back for a update thursday morning
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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PC still completely calm,
the clouds around do actually not promise rain,
no winds in vicinity.
12:20AM still on 80F, not so bad for the outlookfor tomorrow.
i await a sunny hot day and no remarcable rains.
the cloud formations been watched on sat shots and even within eyes visibility since wednesday morning here are mostly gone,
looks like they loaded their rain down far offshore our coastline,
good like that.
actually i would say we can take a nap and nothing coming upfrom the eastern side of the Atlantic.
i hope all the guys on the Texas Gulf coast are still there for the weekend.
take care over there,
we are nice and quiet over here.
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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thursday sep 11th 12:15PM
86F/30C
perfectly sunny, very hot since early on,
wind a light breeze of just 5 knots,
nothing in vicinity which could bothere a perfect caribbean sunshine.
looks like the weather frogs get bored before Ike is gone,
they putted the number Invest91 on the cloud formation north of puerto rico,
it a rainfront, it is nearly stationary,
moving on slow 2mphr northwards.
nothing to worry about.
happy travel
Mike
 

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Hi my first post !
MikeFisher you seem to be extremely knowlagable about the weather, So I have a question, From your experiences can you tell me what the weather is normally like during November, as I travel to Punta Cana on the 17th Nov 08 on my first ever Long Haul Holiday and I really want to know what to expect !!!!
 

MikeFisher

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Friday morning
WEEEEKEND!!!!!!
11AM
86F/30C,
not a single cloud around,
a nearly non existent breeze from the ENE,
humidity fels a bit higher than yesterday,
it will all stay dry for a caribbean sunshine weekend.
Dave,
welcome to the bord.
about the november weather we will write in November.
basically the end of the year provides it's showers once in a while,
winds 10-12 knots, enough sun for a caribbean Tan, Sea usually on 5-6 ft offshore, a bit 'moving' on the inshore depending at which area exactly someon stays. that would be a ususal november day without anything like a tropical storm or such nearby.
happy travel
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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since early saturday morning we run
high 80'sF/30C
we will reach th e90F mark today,
humidity a bit higher than yesterday but will not exceed the 80%,
sun pure, no clouds around,
wind near Zero from the east,
inshore and offshore waters completely flat,
perfect for a day in caribbean paradise.
enjoy your weekend
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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it's weekend,
no changes in the perfect caribbean sunshine wather we have here since days, so i missed out on a tdays morning report and spent the day with the family on the beach.
we had highest 80's, no clouds, humidity in the medium, i would say high 70's% somewhere there but did not check a instrument today, 'cause that's not necessary, weather could not be more perfect for a beach day than today.
wind nearly dead, inshore and offshore waters are flat.
no changes expected soon,
have a pleasant stay
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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o.k.,
back online after big trouble with my computers.
nothing remarcable happened with the weather since my update last sunday.
we had some clouds yesterday morning, mostly sunny, no rain nowhere in PC.
today the sun been out at full power early on,
8AM 86F/30C
no clouds in vicinity
wind is dead
comfortable humidity in the low 70?s, that will climb
inshore and far offshore waters are completely flat.
a perfect day for a fast and strong caribbean vaca Tan.
have fun
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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an other sunny day in Paradise.
we run highest 80?s today, mostly full sun out,
after 3PM some clouds mixed in, no rain the whole day.
wind is a low breeze from it?s usual east.
cloud formations over the shore promise a soon change in wind direction,
i expect it to come from the ENE tomorrow as a light breeze, because we do not have bad weather nearby there, so that will last 24hrs and be back from the usual east.
during this weekend i expect the usual run with the sun and some partly moving by clouds, we will not get real rain, a max would be short showers, IF it rains.
by around mid next week we will feel some minor effects from the big disturbance over the lesser antilles, watched since a couple of days together with a smaller one in the southern caribbean and a formation over west africa.
nothing on it?s way towards Punta Cana.
by mid next week our wind will switch to be a light breeze max 8 knots(more likely less) from the south east as long as the disturbance moves by on it?s westwards track in the caribbean Sea.
all 3 disturbances are under heaviest windshears and very unfavorable conditions for development for the next 2-3 days, so i don?t expect to get a ?number?or ?name?on the screens over the weekend.
next week the windshear over the caribbean Sea will go down a lot, water temps are very high, so then a development for both disturbances(one in the western caribbean by that time, the one actually over the lesser antilles will be south of our island in the central caribbean by that time) is very possible and we may get TD or TS Kyle on the screens, but it depends how good or bad they survive their actual counterproductive conditions during the next days.
the track between Cape Verde and the eastern caribbean is also expected to change it?s actually not - development- favorable - conditions towards lower windshears, so an Invest should be expected to show up somewhere halfway CV-Caribbean mid next week or shortly after.
by then we would?ve had a break of a full week in TS activity,
not that bad for mid-end september i would say.
let?s get that Tan
cheers from beautiful caribbean beaches
Mike
 
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MikeFisher

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o.k.,
that?s fast,
the 9PM updates names the over the lesser antilles located disturbance 93L,
thunderstorm activities are on,
surrounding conditions of course still bad for fast development,
but it starts under such bad conditions,
this one needs to be watched.
let?s give it til tomorrow afternoon to catch some more accurate details.
Mike
 

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a sunshine filled hot day,
again gighest 80's,
my instruments show lower humidity than the last days, less than 70%,
to me it feels more humid, maybe that's because of my yesterdays birthday bers, ha ha.
the computer models regulated the track of 93L to a wstwards one
and surrounding conditions will not allow a fast development,
maybe no development over all.
we will stay mostly sunny and dry over this wekend.
wind is a nearby nothing on the beach,
waters are super calm,
heck, it is september, somebody stole the waves this year.
our weather since many days would be a typical May-weather.
happy sunny weekend
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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saturday sept 20th 2008
we had some short showers during last night,
streets been dry on my early morning ride over to the Marina this morning.
we run today high 80's
sunny skies
very light breeze from the usual east
dark clouds far offshore to the ESE
i would say the wind will change to a SE direction and may bring some showers over night.
93L is located south of puerto rico,
no fast development and under high windshear throu the weekend.
it should be a TD by monday when wandering along or towards the SW coast of Hispaniola, actual track is NW, but that can change as soon as the system get's organized. it is not huge, but carries a lot of rain.
today we have a sunfilled perfect beach weather day
and hopefully 92L stays on a more western than NW track, so we would have the same for tomorrow.
happy weekend
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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typo in the prior post,
it is named 93L.
late eve update:
we got rain in 7:33PM,
lasted 17 minutes,
freshened the air a lot,
feels really good since then.
wind run a 12 knots and spun around from SE to NE and back.
actually it is wuiet with a 8 knots breeze,
it will go up and down all night ling and may stay for tomorrow.
looking forward to a sunny sunday
Mike
 

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the rain is over Puerto Rico now.
here in PC we are still under sunny skies
10-12 knots breeze from the NE,
feels comfortable cool
low humidity
81F/27C 9:00AM this morning
sun out, but the clouds visible over the ocean.
during somewhere this afternoon and tonight we will get the effects of 93L in,
in form of some downpurs and a strong breeze 18-20knots, we will get choppy water conditions.
the disturbance is awaited to be TD Kyle during the next 24hrs,
it's NW course predictions show it throu the Mona Channel right in front of our door. it may even go staright north over puerto rico. such small systems can change their track very fast.
it is nothing big,
it is nothing dangerous.
it's danger is the rain which could cause mudslides and floodings in more vulnerable areas, but in case of Punta Cana it will be a couple days bad weather at max.
i will update the tracking in the afternoon.
gone for the beach
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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still nice weather over here.
we had some short showers during the afternoon, but without winds,
short ones, they felt like the beginning of a downpur,
but went by surprisingly fast.
the system seem to walk straight northwards,
i can see the dark clouds over the ocean,
but they are there and we are here, ha ha.
if it goes on like it is we mnay get few short showers over night or in the morning,
but as an average september day we are far below such,
much too quiet, too dry, too calm.
and i don't complain.
very most of the day been sunny skies with low-nothing winds.
the wind went down shortly after it started to increase today.
looks like we are looking forward to an oher new caribbean sunshine week.
Mike
 

MikeFisher

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o.k.,
so much to the sunshine week and the northwards track of the tropical wave 93L.
it pured heaviest rainfalls over puerto rico last night and still does.
we have rain coming on and out and on again in PC this morning,
we will get much more during today and tonight while the system is awaited to mover very slow over the island hispaniola.
it's development into a storm TD or TS is not predictable,
it is nearly stationery and will rain a lot.
expected max winds for this afternoon/tonight/tomorrow(when ever they arrive, it's slow movement makes such hard to predict) will be around 40mphr.
it's wind and specially rainforces are located on it's east SE/the end of it, so it will get roughest after the center passed.
how long that rain period lasts is unpredictable,
it moves too slow to say such.
actually PC is on 79F,
wind is changing from zero - 12/15 mphr up and down,
right now win is down and no rain falling,
it is completely cloudy,
the bad weather can be watched with your eyes over the ocean,
slowly moving in.
to predict the PC weather for the next days would be a lottery,
we are cloudy and rainy and nobody can forecast how fast or slow that will be over.
Mike
 
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MikeFisher

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w are uner constant rain without remarkable winds since yesterday mid/later afternoon(southeast started earlier, the rest around 2hrs later).
it rained heavily the whole night long, i've been up til 4AM and i had to get up again 6:30AM.
the winds of 93 are not on hispaniola, they are located south of the mona channel in the caribbean sea.
we will get a full rainy tuesday and not start with a sunny wednesday here.
it depends if the system stays on it's track, so it would be over faster for PC, or follows the predicted computer models which bring it to a straight northwards course, in that case we would get on our southcoast strong winds and all over the island much more rain, would say an extra 24hrs added to the above expected.
Mike