Its easier to see what is happening in our area on the water vapor image today .. If you look carefully, you'll see the little blue dots over the DR showing a high probability of rain in our area.
We have one tropical wave along 72/73 West (the one with the blue, orange and purple spots on the water vapor image). And then a second one along 82/83 West and South of 16 North moving west at around 18 miles per hour.
We have anti-cyclonic wind flow across the DR at present although conditions developing up North/North West of us may change this. With all the weather around, we will get our fair share of tropical showers and isolated strong thunderstorms over the next few days as the 1st wave still has an afterthought influence and the 2nd wave passes us.
A further two tropical waves are making their way towards us across the Atlantic.
Las Americas reports
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Wind [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] from the SSE (160 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Visibility [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] greater than 7 mile(s) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Sky conditions [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] partly cloudy [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Weather [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Cumulonimbus clouds observed [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Temperature [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 84 F (29 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Dew Point [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 77 F (25 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Relative Humidity [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 79%[/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table>
Puerto Plata reports
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Wind [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] from the ESE (110 degrees) at 5 MPH (4 KT) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Visibility [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] greater than 7 mile(s) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Sky conditions [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] mostly clear [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Temperature [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 82 F (28 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Dew Point [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 73 F (23 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Relative Humidity [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 74%[/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table>
Santiago reports
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Wind [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] from the E (100 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Visibility [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] greater than 7 mile(s) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Sky conditions [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] mostly cloudy [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Temperature [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 78 F (26 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Dew Point [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 77 F (25 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Relative Humidity [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 94%[/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table>
Punta Cana reports
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Wind [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] from the ESE (120 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Visibility [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] greater than 7 mile(s) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Sky conditions [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] partly cloudy [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Temperature [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 86 F (30 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Heat index [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 96.8 F (36.0 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Dew Point [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 77 F (25 C) [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff">
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] Relative Humidity [/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica] 74%[/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table>
(Look at that heat index!)