The influence of a trough, which is located in Puerto Rico, will generate rainy in the Dominican Republic this Saturday, especially in the afternoon and evening hours, in some regions of the country such as the northeast, southeast, southwest, the Cordillera Central and some border points.
According to the National Meteorology Office (Onamet)for this Sunday the trough will approach national territory, for which they foresee an increase in the occurrence of showers in the afternoon hours.
“The trough will approach our territory, and together with the prevailing easterly wind, the occurrence of showers scattered, electrical storms and isolated gusts of wind, especially in the afternoon, in provinces of the northeast, southeast, southwest regions, the Cordillera Central and some border points, decreasing at night, ”indicates the report at 6:00 a.m. morning of the entity.
In relation to tropical storm Julia, the institution indicates that it is 375 km east/southeast of Providencia Island, Colombia. The phenomenon carries maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour, and moves west at about 30 km / h.
“This tropical cyclone, due to its displacement, does not offer danger to the Dominican Republic,” he says. Meteorology.
The National Office of Meteorology recommends the operators of fragile and small boats to remain in port from Cabo Beata (Pedernales) to Punta prieta (Barahona) due to abnormal wind and waves, as a consequence of the indirect incidence of the passage of tropical storm Julia.
