Currently en Puerto Rico — 24 de julio, 2023: Perturbación no representa peligro

El tiempo, currently.

Un aumento en la humedad apoyará más aguaceros y tronadas vespertinas sobre Puerto Rico el lunes en comparación con la semana pasada, pero vientos más fuertes harán que estos aguaceros se muevan más rápido, lo que conducirá a una menor acumulación de lluvia. Por lo tanto, no se esperan inundaciones el lunes. Bandas adicionales de aguaceros asociadas con una onda tropical e Invest 95L, el sistema desorganizado en el Atlántico tropical central, llegarán a la isla la noche del lunes y el martes. Las posibilidades de desarrollo ciclónico esta semana son moderadas (40-60%), y la trayectoria del sistema parece llevarla al sur de Puerto Rico. Pero la humedad asociada conducirá a una mayor actividad de lluvia durante gran parte de esta semana. Esta lluvia y nubosidad aliviarán el intenso calor.

—John Toohey-Morales

What you can do, currently.

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What you need to know, currently.

Typhoon Doksuri has rapidly strengthened over the weekend and is now approaching the Philippines with a chance at becoming a super typhoon.

Doksuri’s track has been shifting slightly south over the past day or so, increasing the threat to the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and diminishing the threat somewhat for Taiwan. However, if Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan, it will be the island’s first typhoon in six years — a long streak for one of the most typhoon-prone places in the world.

Super typhoons have sustained wind speeds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) and are by far the most damaging type of typhoons. (A typhoon, hurricane, and tropical cyclone are all different regional words for the same thing.) Back in May, Super Typhoon Mawar, the 2023 season’s first super typhoon, became one of the strongest typhoons ever to strike the island of Guam.

—Eric Holthaus