The track of Hurricane Emily, a Category 2 storm as of 11 am, puts it passing approximately 200 miles to the south of the Dominican Republic. The government has issued a tropical storm watch from Punta Salinas westward to the DR/Haiti border. The impact in rain storm intensity on the Dominican Republic will depend on the subsequent strengthening of the storm as it makes its way west through the Caribbean. To follow the storm, and for more information on weather in specific destinations in the DR, see http://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=34