Reports from the National Meteorological Office (Onamet) are that it is hot and is going to get hotter. Temperatures above 32°C (90°F) have been reported in Santo Domingo. At the Haitian border towns of Dajabón and Jimaní, temperatures were well above 35°C (95°F).
According to weather forecaster José Medina the hot temperatures are caused by the solar radiation and lack of cloud cover. He observed warm breezes are flowing in from the east and southeast. The heatwave is influenced by the system of high pressure over the Atlantic Ocean that is causing air from upper levels of the atmosphere to descend.
All is not completely bleak, however, and brief showers have been forecast for Santiago, Duarte, Monsignor Nouel, San Cristóbal and Samaná.
Meanwhile, Onamet also alerted small craft in the Atlantic from Montecristi to Samana to navigate carefully because of seven-foot seas.
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Listin Diario
6 April 2017
