The rains will continue on the territory Dominican this Tuesday and the rest of the week, due to the indirect effects of the tropical storm Raphael located on Jamaica and valleys.
Carla Morales, predictor of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), informed Free Diary that, although the tropical storm is distant from the Dominican Republic (directly affected Jamaica), its wide cloud field affects the territory Dominican generating rains over several provinces, especially on the Caribbean coastal coast such as Saint DominicBarahona, Pedernales, Azua and Peravia.
Morales said that the rains will continue throughout the week, since the indirect effects of the Storm Rafael and two troughsone current and another that will arrive on Thursday.
“The rainy conditions will continue, although tomorrow the incidence of Raphaelthe southeast wind and the approach of a trough will cause rains“he indicated.
Great Saint Dominic
In the National District, an environment is expected cloudy with moderate to heavy downpours at times with thunderstorms and isolated gusts of wind.
It is expected that the rains in the Great Saint Dominic are more frequent and intense in the afternoon, depending on the predictor.
Storm Raphael
The winds sustained highs of the Storm Rafael They are near 95 kilometers per hour with stronger gusts and steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours.
According to the National Center for Hurricanes of the United States (CNH) predicts that Raphael It will become a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean near the Cayman Islands before making landfall in Cuba.
Alerts
Due to the rainshe Emergency Operations Center (COE) placed in alert 29 of the 32 provinces of the territory Dominican. Of these, 18 are in yellow and 11 in green.
In alert yellow are: Saint DominicNational District, Puerto Plata, MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez, Espaillat, Barahona, Santiago, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, Samaná, Dajabón, San Juan, Duarte, San Pedro de MacorÃs, Hermanas Mirabal, La Altagracia, Pedernales and Valverde.
The provinces in alert green are: Independencia, ElÃas Piña, La Vega, San Cristóbal, La Romana, Santiago RodrÃguez, Montecristi, Azua, Bahoruco, San José de Ocoa and Peravia.
