The country has been covered in rain since the early hours of the morning and the potential for flooding will once again be very high in the afternoon and evening hours of this Thursday in areas of the north, northwest, northeast and Central Mountain Range, according to the analyst. meteorological Jean Suriel.
Suriel It also predicted that the heaviest rains will occur after 3:00 in the afternoon, which will be the time when the remnants of tropical wave number 49 combine with the trough and humid winds from the Caribbean Sea.
Due to these climatic phenomena, more torrential downpours could develop today in several provinces of the country, especially in Santiago, Puerto Plata, Valverde, Espaillat, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Hermanas Mirabal, Duarte, María Trinidad Sánchez, Sánchez Ramírez, Dajabón, Monte Cristi and San José de Ocoa.
Suriel reported that this is because the second frontal system before the season, driven by the low pressure left after the weakening of Hurricane Oscar in the Atlantic, has approached the northern Caribbean, however, he said that the phenomenon has begun to dissipate and a trough will be left in its place.
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