Currently in Boston — July 24, 2023: Heatwave developing this week

The weather, currently.

Temperatures will be above average for the entire week ahead with at least 3 days of 90° weather away from the coastline Wednesday through Friday. A few spots may even nudge 90 on Tuesday. Humidity will be on the increase during Tuesday with more clouds and the chance for a couple of afternoon or evening showers in a few towns. Basically it's a dry week and one of the best weeks for a beach vacation of the entire summer. The hottest day is likely to be Thursday or Friday when temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s. Along with the humidity it will feel over 100°. Heat advisories are possible. The weather does turn cooler next weekend with perhaps the first really dry air we have seen since mid May.

— Dave Epstein

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