USVI Hopes T.S. Philippe Will Drop Rain

SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Philippe, located just east of the Leeward Islands.

Philippe finally begins to move northwest and is expected to pass near the northern Leeward Islands later today.

Even so, NO DIRECT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED for the U.S, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

In any case, the outer bands of Philippe will bring rainy and gusty conditions for the next few days.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next seven days.

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.