{"id":343896,"date":"2025-06-28T06:48:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=343896"},"modified":"2025-06-28T06:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:48:48","slug":"weather-600-am-june-28-tropical-wave-affecting-the-area-overcast-skies-heavy-showers-expected-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/weather-600-am-june-28-tropical-wave-affecting-the-area-overcast-skies-heavy-showers-expected-today\/","title":{"rendered":"WEATHER (6:00 AM June 28): Tropical wave affecting the area; overcast skies, heavy showers expected today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-343897\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-642x482.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-642x482.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weather-June-28.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A tropical wave is affecting the Lesser Antilles. Cloudy to overcast skies and widespread shower activity is expected across the island today, with possible isolated thunderstorms. People in areas prone to flooding, landslides and falling rocks are advised to be on alert in the event of isolated heavy showers. Conditions are expected to improve overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Saharan dust concentration is expected to increase slightly overnight and into Sunday. People with respiratory sensitivities should continue to take the necessary precautions as dust haze concentrations will again increase by Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Seas are forecast to be slight to moderate during the next 24 hours, with waves peaking to 3ft along the western coastline and up to 7ft along the eastern coast today, increasing to 5ft and 8ft respectively, overnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tropical wave is affecting the Lesser Antilles. 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