The weather system in the Atlantic could develop into a depression tropical (cyclone tropical) this Monday and strengthen in a storm as it approaches the Antilles Minorsaccording to the US National Hurricane Center (CNH).
Its effects, according to Dominican authorities, will be felt in the country on Tuesday afternoon, with showers, storms electrical and gusts of wind in the northeast and southeast provinces, the Central Mountain Range, the southwest and the border area.
According to projections, the system is expected to move through the Antilles Minors late tonight or Tuesday and approach the Virgin Islands and Port Rich Tuesday night.
In this regard, the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), said that tomorrow Tuesday during the morning hours little rain is forecast in Republic Dominicanbut in the afternoon it is expected that there will be “showers with storms electrical and isolated intermittent gusts of wind, affecting provinces in the northeast and southeast, the Central Mountain Range, the southwest and the border area.”
The entity indicated that as the phenomenon moves on Tuesday night, these rains will continue to occur in the northeast, southeast and center of the country, with strong gusts, affecting La Altagracia, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Samaná, among others.
Rains expected in DR and PR
In fact, the 8:00 a.m. report on Monday from CNH provides for part of Republic Dominican rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches (50 to 100 millimeters).
The image of possible rains provided by the CNH It covers a large part of the national territory, although in different quantities.
While the potential is expected to cyclone tropical five produce total rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches over Port Richwith maximum amounts of 10 inches.
Location
At 8:00 a.m. this Monday the system was located at 1,335 kilometers east southeast of San Juan, Port Rich and is moving westward near 43 kilometers by hour.
Has winds maximums sharps of 45 kilometers by hour with stronger gusts. It has a possibility of forming into a cyclone tropical for 48 hours high of 90%.
To become storm tropical as expected he would be called Ernesto.
