Inclement Weather Expected Across USVI, Puerto Rico; NHC Monitoring Caribbean for Tropical Development

The National Weather Service (NWS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has noted that the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico can expect a wet weather pattern this week. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is also monitoring the southwestern Caribbean Sea for possible cyclonic development.

“Several features will combine to maintain this weather pattern through at least next weekend, [and] extremely hazardous marine and coastal conditions are also anticipated from Thursday through the weekend,” according to an update from the NWS on Monday. “Please continue to monitor the forecast as this event unfolds,” the NWS said.

The NWS said inclement weather conditions will begin on Tuesday across both U.S. territories, and the wet weather pattern will last “over the next four to seven days.”

“For Tuesday and Wednesday, a wet and unstable weather pattern is expected as a lingering front just north of the area sinks southward across the islands,” said the NWS, which defines a front as a boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different density, and usually of different temperature. “This will be driven by moderate to fresh northeasterly winds, and temperatures are expected to decrease by a few degrees in general across Puerto Rico and the northern USVI,” the NWS continued.