Santo Domingo.- The weather will continue fresh in the Caribbean area Due to the incidence of the wind from the northeast, but as of April 15 it will begin to heat up due to the formation of high pressure systems that send warm air to the region.
High pressure systems (anticyclone) act as climate shields And they send hot air to the southern part of the Caribbean, which, combined with the wind of South America, causes an increase in temperature in the area.
The current temperature of the Caribbean Sea was on Wednesday of 27 degrees Celsiuswhile the Atlantic was measured in 26.
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In the Gulf of Mexico it was in 25, Due to the incidence of the wind from the north, but this will change from April with the arrival of warmer air.
High temperature is the main factor for the formation of tropical phenomena During the hurricane season in the Atlantic, which goes from June 1 to November 30.
For this season the formation of about 15 storms with names is expectedof which seven could reach a category of hurricane, three of them of greater intensity.
If this preliminary forecast does not vary, it would be below last season, when 18 storms were formed with names, 11 of them hurricanes.
The hurricane that caused more damage last year was the powerful Helenewhich caused almost 400 deaths in the United States, mainly in Florida.
