Currently en Puerto Rico — 7 de agosto, 2023: Humedad rezagada provoca aguaceros

El tiempo, currently.

Tras el paso de una onda tropical el domingo, los niveles de humedad se mantendrán altos en toda la región, lo que provocará aguaceros el lunes. La costa este recibirá lluvias frecuentes arrastrados por la brisa desde el mar, y aguaceros adicionales también afectarán el área metropolitana de San Juan en la línea de nubes de lluvia que forma El Yunque. Además, aguaceros dispersos se formarán por la tarde sobre partes de la Cordillera Central y el oeste de Puerto Rico. La humedad, y por lo tanto la actividad de aguaceros y tronadas, solo aumentará el martes a medida que los vientos giren al sureste, y más adelante en la semana cuando lleguen un par de fuertes ondas tropicales el miércoles y el jueves. Las inundaciones serán cada vez más probables a medida que avance la semana..

—John Toohey-Morales

What you need to know, currently.

Alaska is warming, fast. Over the weekend, two ominous events at opposite ends of the state were the latest bits of evidence.

Utqiaġvik, the northernmost-town in the US, had its hottest day in history on Saturday — 25°F (13.9°C) higher than normal for the date. Since Utqiaġvik is right on the Arctic Ocean, the average low temperature in early August is just a few degrees above freezing. This weekend, temperatures soared to 76°F.

Then, a glacial outburst flood on Sunday near Juneau scoured away homes and riverbank after the largest surge of water yet from the quickly-melting Mendenhall Glacier. The river that forms from the glacier’s meltwater reached its highest-ever flood stage after an ice dam collapsed that was trapping an entire lake. Magnificent storytelling from the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center shows exactly how this now-annual phenomenon began 12 years ago.

On average, the Arctic is warming about four times faster than the rest of the world, and Alaska is one of those places where the environment has already been totally transformed.

—Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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