Dog Days of Summer Mean High Heat Today

SAN JUAN — Happy Thursday! The islands will experience another hot and humid day.

In the morning, heat indices will reach 107 degrees in urban and coastal sectors in Puerto Rico and Vieques and up to 114 degrees in Culebra, St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, where an Excessive Heat Warning is in effect.

In the afternoon, there is a high probability of precipitation development in all interior and coastal sections of Puerto Rico.

Moderate Risk of Rip Current for the east, north, and south Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well.

Marine Weather Statement: Strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic waters and coastal waters of northern Puerto Rico.

John McCarthy

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John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.