SANTO DOMINGO.– The National Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET) moderate rain showers with thunderstorms and gusts of wind were predicted for this Sunday, due to the transit of a tropical wave plus the incidence of a trough that keeps some provinces on alert of the country.
Due to weather conditions at the upper levels of the troposphere, thunderstorms and gusts of wind will be more noticeable in Santo Domingo, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana, La Altagracia, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, Samaná, María Trinidad Sánchez, Duarte, Sánchez Ramírez, Monseñor Nouel, San Cristóbal, Peravia, among others.
According to Indomet, The effects of the phenomenon will gradually decrease in the affected provinces in the afternoon.
However, heThe authorities reiterated their call to the population to refrain from crossing rivers, streams and ravines, before the risk of urban flooding, as well as landslides, mainly in vulnerable sectors.
Anticyclonic system will affect Monday
INDOMET indicated that tomorrow, Monday Both the tropical wave and the trough will move away from the country, leaving an air mass with lower humidity content due to the incidence of an anticyclonic system. Consequently, a sunny, slightly cloudy environment with little precipitation will predominate.
However, on localities near mountains, as in Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, Sánchez Ramírez, Monte Plata, Duarte, among others, Some isolated showers are expected with possible isolated thunderstorms, due to wind drag, the effects of orography and diurnal warming.
National District: downpours, thunderstorms and gusts of wind.
Santo Domingo North: downpours, thunderstorms and gusts of wind.
Santo Domingo East: downpours, thunderstorms and gusts of wind.
Santo Domingo West: local downpours, thunderstorms and gusts of wind.
Temperatures: the minimum will be between 21 °C and 23 °C and the maximum between 31 °C and 33 °C.This article was originally published in The Day
