The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) forecast for today a dry and stable weather environment in almost all provinces.
It is forecast that for today the weather conditions will remain optimal for outdoor activities, this is due to a significant decrease in the moisture content over our area, product of the Saharan dust particles and an anticyclonic circulation that is observed at various levels of the troposphere.
But we cannot rule out that a weak tropical wave that will be traveling south in the Caribbean Sea will combine with local effects (diurnal and orographic heating) to slightly increase the cloudiness at the end of the afternoon, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms towards some points. of the Cordillera Central and border area.
For Monday, the weak tropical wave will move away from our territory, however, a second tropical wave will be located in the southeast of the country, and will be favoring the increase in the humidity content and the occurrence of showers with thunderstorms from morning hours, especially over towns in the eastern, northeastern, and southeastern regions.
Starting at noon, rainfall is expected to be in the form of downpours with electrical storms and gusts of wind over the northeast, southeast, southwest, Caribbean coastline, Central Cordillera, and border regions.
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Temperatures will remain hot for the time of year (summer), it is recommended to avoid exposure to the sun for prolonged periods without proper protection, between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm; stay hydrated drink plenty of fluids (water, juices) and wear light clothing, preferably light colours.
Onamet reports that an area of showers and thunderstorms in the northwest of the Gulf of Mexico, near the southern coast of Texas, USA. It is moving west/southwest, and has a low potential of 20% to reach the category of tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours.
This phenomenon poses no danger to the Dominican Republic.
