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Tropical Depression Could Form Thursday or Friday, NWS Says

SAN JUAN — A trough of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles east-northeast of Bermuda today. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive…

John McCarthy July 11, 2023

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NWS Sets Rip Current Warnings For St. Croix, Vieques and Culebra For Tonight

SAN JUAN — Precipitable water should remain above two inches and allow showers and thunderstorms to continue developing over the area. Conditions should gradually improve today. A limited heat risk…

John McCarthy July 9, 2023

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Rainfall Risk for U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave will cross the region later today and tonight promoting variable and unstable weather with shower and thunderstorm development across the region. As the day…

John McCarthy July 8, 2023

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NWS Forecasts ‘Squally Weather’ With Passing of Tropical Wave

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave moved westward towards the region on Monday night and could cause squally weather this morning, the National Weather Service said. Forecasters expect the strongest…

John McCarthy July 4, 2023

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Stay Out of the Water! NWS Warns of Life-Threatening Rip Currents

SAN JUAN — Strong thunderstorms capable of producing strong winds continue across the local waters. The interaction between a vigorous tropical wave propagating westward across the eastern and central Caribbean…

John McCarthy June 29, 2023

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Tropical Wave and Trough To Bring ‘Excessive Rain Event’ To USVI, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The interaction between a vigorous tropical wave propagating westward across the eastern Caribbean region and a developing weak upper-level trough to the west of the local islands…

John McCarthy June 28, 2023

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Tropical Wave Approaches Puerto Rico and Drought-Stricken U.S. Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN — A strong tropical wave is approaching our region, moving westward at 10 to 15 knots. Layered precipitable water imagery at the lower levels show dry air within…

John McCarthy June 28, 2023

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Tropical Storm Cindy Moves West; Bret’s Gone, Gone, Gone

SAN JUAN (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Bret dissipated as of the 5:00 p.m. advisory on Saturday, after first passing Aruba. The remnants of Bret were 160 miles west-northwest of the northern…

John McCarthy June 25, 2023

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Tropical Storm Bret Swirled Near St. Vincent; Tropical Storm Cindy Sweeps North

SAN JUAN (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands were shut down to brace for…

John McCarthy June 24, 2023

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Tropical Storm Bret Could Still Bring Needed Rain To U.S. Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN — Despite Tropical Storm Bret's current center distance well south of local islands, indirect impacts from Bret are affecting or are expected to affect the region today into…

John McCarthy June 23, 2023