What this means:
Heavy rains and flash flooding and mudslides possible for the entire Dominican Republic. This is because the storm is so big – covering over 341 miles or 555 kilometers. Take note the DR is at most 241 km from north to south and 390 km from east to west. The alerts are in effect for the entire southern and northern coastlines of the Dominican Republic. Think big big storm! There are also warnings for Turks and Caicos islands (to the northern side of the island) and southeastern Bahamas.
The storm has slowed down, but is still moving fast at 31kph.
The weather forecasters now say the effects will be felt later in the day on Thursday.
The good news is that the pressure has kept to 1004 mb. This is up from 1000 mb yesterday afternoon. The forecasters say to watch the mb to know how much damage the storm will cause.
The forecast is no longer for the storm to enter via La Romana. It is now further to the west. This explains why there is no rain or wind in Santo Domingo at 4am on Thursday.
The NHC forecasters insist that people cannot focus on the track of the storm, rather on the size of the storm and the rainfall and wind hazards that will extend far from the center of the system.
The storm is forecast to be felt in the DR later in the afternoon of Thursday and Friday. Can go back to sleep and wait for the 8am forecasts.
Heavy rains and flash flooding and mudslides possible for the entire Dominican Republic. This is because the storm is so big – covering over 341 miles or 555 kilometers. Take note the DR is at most 241 km from north to south and 390 km from east to west. The alerts are in effect for the entire southern and northern coastlines of the Dominican Republic. Think big big storm! There are also warnings for Turks and Caicos islands (to the northern side of the island) and southeastern Bahamas.
The storm has slowed down, but is still moving fast at 31kph.
The weather forecasters now say the effects will be felt later in the day on Thursday.
The good news is that the pressure has kept to 1004 mb. This is up from 1000 mb yesterday afternoon. The forecasters say to watch the mb to know how much damage the storm will cause.
The forecast is no longer for the storm to enter via La Romana. It is now further to the west. This explains why there is no rain or wind in Santo Domingo at 4am on Thursday.
The NHC forecasters insist that people cannot focus on the track of the storm, rather on the size of the storm and the rainfall and wind hazards that will extend far from the center of the system.
The storm is forecast to be felt in the DR later in the afternoon of Thursday and Friday. Can go back to sleep and wait for the 8am forecasts.