They forecast a New Year's Eve with possible showers due to a trough effect.

Santo Domingo. - The Dominican Republic's Meteorology Institute (INDOMET), forecast that for today, Tuesday, the prelude to the end of the year, a mostly sunny environment with little cloud cover is expected in a large part of the national territory, due to the fact that it (the high-pressure system) will continue to dominate, generating an air mass with low humidity content, conditions that will favor stable and dry weather during the morning hours and that will also extend to the afternoon hours. As for the rains, they will continue to be scarce. However, tomorrow Wednesday, due to the incidence of a trough, the high humidity content and the approach of a frontal system, the occurrence of moderate to heavy showers is forecast, accompanied by electrical storms and wind gusts. These precipitations will begin in the afternoon, mainly affecting La Altagracia, La Romana, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Samaná, San Pedro de Macorís, Monte Plata, Santo Domingo, San Cristóbal, Sánchez Ramírez, Monseñor Nouel, Duarte, Peravia, Azua, San José de Ocoa, Barahona and Pedernales. The rainy activity will continue throughout the night (New Year's Eve), potentially generating significant accumulations, especially in Santo Domingo, La Altagracia, among others.

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The temperatures will continue to be cool and pleasant, becoming colder in mountainous areas and the inland valleys of the country, where dense fogs and mists could also occur, due to the time of year (winter) and the cool northeast wind. National District: few clouds and pleasant feeling. Santo Domingo Norte: isolated clouds and a fresh sensation. Santo Domingo Este: isolated clouds and pleasant sensation. Santo Domingo Oeste: few clouds and a fresh feeling. Minimum temperatures between 18 °C and 20 °C and the maximum between 27 °C and 29 °C. Summary: Good weather offered by high pressure, with little rain and pleasant temperatures will continue at night and dawn due to the time of year... End of the year, a trough and frontal system will produce significant rainfall, thunderstorms and wind gusts, we urge the population to be attentive to our reports, as they could generate urban and rural floods.

For Thursday, January 1st (New Year's Day), from early morning and the first hours of the morning, the trough will continue to affect the country, maintaining the rains and electrical storms in the previously mentioned provinces, being more intense and frequent in San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor, El Seibo and La Romana, among others. During the afternoon, the precipitations will continue accompanied by electrical storms and wind gusts, extending towards locations of the Central Mountain Range and the Cibao, such as La Vega, Santiago and Espaillat, as well as towards the southwest, including San Juan, Elías Piña and Independencia. However, the largest accumulations will continue to concentrate in the east and southeast of the country, especially during the night.