September is one of the best months to travel to the Dominican Republic. With children back in school, resorts and travel attractions are less busy. The weather in September also is less hot than in July and August.
Because September is the peak month for hurricanes, it is also one of the less booked. Many people avoid the Caribbean in September to not have an encounter with a close encounter with a hurricane.
This year has been relatively quiet in the Caribbean, but forecasters expect the second half of the June to November hurricane season to bring many major storms. Forecasters are also warning conditions are such that a storm can go from a tropical depression to a hurricane category in just 24 hours.
It is that hurricanes are fueled by warm water, and the hot temperatures this year are keeping the Caribbean and Atlantic waters very warm.
But those who come should make sure they have adequate travel insurance, just in case. Keep in mind you can come for good weather in the Caribbean any day. To be caught in a hurricane, hotel provisions will most likely ensure your safety, you will most not have to deal with the clean up, yet you will be in for memories of a trip never to be forgotten.
While the perception may not be so, hurricanes are not as usual as people would perceive. They distribute their impacts all throughout the region. Santo Domingo, the capital city, for instance, was hit by Hurricane Georges on 22 September 1998, and before that by Hurricane David on 30 August 1979, and Hortense impacted Punta Cana and Samana on 10 September 1996.
Indomet, the local weather institute, says it is watching a tropical wave as it moves west to the Caribbean area. Rains are forecast for this week, a plus because it reduces the intense summer heat. The next named storm would be Francine.
DR1 Weather forecaster Mike Fisher posts on the DR1 Forums as soon as a storm is in the neighborhood so readers can get insight into what’s coming our way. Nevertheless, he, too, has warned that the conditions are such that a storm could become a hurricane in less than 24-hour warning.
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3 September 2024