The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has said that there will be little rain due to a high-pressure system over the country.
Weather forecasters say that temperatures will remain very high and about 34 degrees Celsius during the day across the whole country also due to Saharan dust and a warm wind blowing over from the east south east.
Occasional showers are forecast for the central mountain range and Los Haitises in the northeast.
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