Saharan dust plume will prevent significant showers for 48 hours
SAN JUAN — A thick plume of Saharan dust is moving across the region, lasting through Sunday morning. During this time hot and hazy conditions will prevail and rainfall will…
Vast plume of Saharan dust on the way
SAN JUAN —A SEVERE Sahara dust event is expected across the region, beginning first in the U.S. Virgin Islands from late tonight through Sunday. According to the climatology of Sahara…
Forecasters predict a storm will develop within two weeks: NOAA
SAN JUAN — Based on computer modeling, NOAA forecasters are predicting that a disturbance could develop into a tropical storm or hurricane in our region within two weeks. NOAA's Weather…
Havana’s roads change as Cubans adopt electric bikes and vehicles
HAVANA — The capital city of Cuba is famed for the colorful vintage cars that can still be seen puttering around its streets and are a popular subject for visitors'…
Heat Advisory in effect, expect passing showers, dust plume back on Thursday
SAN JUAN — Good morning! Passing showers are expected for eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today, with the strongest activity this afternoon in the west and interior of…
Heat Advisory in effect with Saharan dust plume overhead
SAN JUAN — Happy Sunday, today, just like yesterday, will be another day with hazy skies, as shown by the water vapor image. Therefore, be very take precautions if you…
Tropical wave leaving, Saharan dust plume moving in, high rip current risk for St. Croix
SAN JUAN — Good morning! Our main image shows the water vapor visible on satellite imagery. A tropical wave is departing our area, but Saharan dust will follow, so please exercise…
Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there’s a webcam so that anybody can watch them online…
Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions
SAN JUAN — Forecasters at the National Weather Service say we can expect humid and wet conditions today. The passage of a tropical wave and a upper level trough will…
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Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane
KINGSTON — Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it…