Caribbean - Central America Weather

[Gustywind]

[knotimpaired]

ALL HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE

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[cycloneye]

Good morning if it can be said that way as heavy rain continues to fall in Eastern Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
PRC037-053-089-103-119-201130-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-100720T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
558 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
LUQUILLO
NAGUABO
CEIBA
FAJARDO
RIO GRANDE

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
THE WARNED AREA.

* UNTIL 730 AM AST

* AT 553 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUED TO AFFECT THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RADAR ESTIMATES
AND U.S.G.S. GAGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED AND THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING. MUDSLIDES
ARE ALSO LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 1822 6574 1827 6583 1842 6576 1838 6554
1818 6563

$$

BCS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

[Gustywind]

That's worrying Cycloneye, at this rate "records" should continue to be broken...

[Gustywind]

Nice closeup of all the convective activity spreading on the islands...

[cycloneye]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
706 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

.SYNOPSIS...TUTT WILL REMAIN LOCATED NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE LOCAL
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL LIFT FURTHER WEST NORTHWEST
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS INTO
THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN. AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED
AREA OF DISTURBED LOCATED ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA WEDNESDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY MORNING...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN
PARTS OF THE FA. RUNNING VERY LATE. FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...
EXPECT BROAD AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
WAVE...TO MAINTAIN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE
LOCAL AREA. THIS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH LOCAL
EFFECTS AND MAINLY FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WIND CONDITIONS
AGAIN...TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE WEATHER...WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY (SQUALLY) WINDS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS.
STILL EXPECT MOST AREAS THAT HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL TO RECEIVE URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY THE WESTERN
TWO THIRDS OF PUERTO RICO. THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF PUERTO
RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS REMAIN
UNDER THE THREAT OF MORE SIGNIFICANT FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING...AS
HAS BEEN THE CASE ACROSS NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO OVERNIGHT. AS TO
NOT CONFUSE THE ISSUE...WE OPTED TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR ALL AREAS UNTIL 800 PM AST THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE WATCH
AREA MAY NEED TO BE TRIMMED BACK LATER TODAY...IF SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL DOES NOT OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF PUERTO
RICO.

IT NOW APPEARS THAT MOISTURE WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF MOISTURE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT. THUS ADDITIONAL UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A "DRIER"
BREAK IS INDICATED FOR FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...FORECAST DIFFICULTIES THIS MORNING REGARD THE TROPICAL
WAVE WITH AN AXIS AT EASTERN PR ESPECIALLY SINCE SATELLITE SHOWS
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION EXTENDING EASTWARD TO BEYOND THE NORTHERN
ANTILLES. BELIEVE JMZ AND JPS WILL STAY CLEAR OF MOST CONVECTION
THROUGH TONIGHT BUT OTHER TAF SITES WILL OFTEN BE MVFR IN SHRA/TSRA.
WIND DIRECTION IS TOUGH SINCE MODELS DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO DEVELOP A
STRONGER CIRCULATION IF ONE OCCURS WHILE RADAR HAS SHOWN MANY SMALL
SCALE BUT SHORT-LIVED CIRCULATIONS. FOR NOW HAVE CHANGED LITTLE
REGARDING ONGOING WINDS.

&&

.MARINE...GENERALLY EXPECT WINDS OF 13 TO 21 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 4
TO 9 FEET ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL ATLANTIC OFF SHORE
WATERS AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS
MOST OF THE REMAINING WATERS. PLEASE REFER TO SJUCWFSJU FOR THE
LATEST FORECAST DETAILS.

&&

.SITE SUPPORT...THE XXI CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SPORT
GAMES MAYAGUEZ 2010 CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AUGUST 1. WFO SAN
JUAN WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING ON SITE AND IN OFFICE TEAM SUPPORT TO
THE PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (PREMA) AND OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. TEAM MEMBERS REMAIN ON
SITE IN MAYAGUEZ AND AT THE WFO AND DAILY BRIEFINGS FOR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS NECESSARY.

THE WEATHER FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS
RATHER UNSETTLED ACROSS MOST OF THE GAME SITES...WITH SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS
FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF WIND GUSTS AND SOME
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL GAME SITES UNTIL 800
PM AST THIS EVENING.

[cycloneye]

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

A VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED NEAR PUERTO RICO IS PRODUCING A
LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY HAS BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR PUERTO RICO AND THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SIGNS OF A
SURFACE CIRCULATION. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THERE
IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...40 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A
TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...HAITI...EASTERN CUBA...THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

$$
FORECASTER BROWN/CANGIALOSI

[Gustywind]

This twave is mentionned as a special feature given the latest TWD of the NHC...

000
AXNT20 KNHC 201050
TWDAT

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 AM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL
AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE
EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY...METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND
RADAR.

BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1015 UTC...

...SPECIAL FEATURE...

AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
PUERTO RICO...AND HISPANIOLA ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE
ALONG 71W...AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENT FLOW FROM AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW CENTERED N OF HISPANIOLA NEAR 26N68W MOVING SW. RECENT
UPPER-AIR DATA INDICATE THE SYSTEM IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED
IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS A
MEDIUM CHANCE OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST.
REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS COULD AFFECT THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...HAITI...EASTERN
CUBA...THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

$$
FORMOSA

[Gustywind]

[cycloneye]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
750 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

VIC020-030-201345-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0279.100720T1150Z-100720T1345Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAINT JOHN VI-SAINT THOMAS VI-
750 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS...

IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
SAINT JOHN AND SAINT THOMAS

* UNTIL 945 AM AST

* AT 748 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SAINT
THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND GUTS...
AND LOW SPOTS IN HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING. ALSO...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND
MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

[bvigal]

Good morning, neighbors! Hope everyone is staying high and dry... looks like E-PR, Vieques/Culebra have had the brunt of it last 12 hrs.
Sorry I haven't had more to contribute, but have had terrible flu turned to bronchitus so bad could not get any sleep. Yesterday doctor prescribed some miracle cough medicin, so I actually slept!

Thunder rumbling and rattling windows this morning, but most of the rain was west end of the island and on into USVI, indicated by flood advisory Luis posted earlier. Some of the showers we've had yesterday and earlier dumped heavy rain. I have a very unscientific gage, the towels on the floor under my leaking kitchen skylight, and looking out at the 50deg-slope-driveway to see how deep the water is running down, LOL! Grounds are saturated here, too, water still draining down the hills. We are 1700ft highest point and at the bottom of the steep hills, only a few blocks of flat area to the sea, and St. Thomas, St. John similar. So once the terrain will absorb no more, the water runs down really fast, rips up asphalt road patches, brings down mud & rock, etc then swells the ghuts at the bottom. I think we are at the point now where any additional heavy rain may cause problems. At least the radar right now doesn't show much rain upwind (SSE).

So grateful we haven't had any winds like this past weekend with the 40-50kt gusts, at least I've heard no such reports. I drove down the hill Sunday and passed two sheets of corrugated roofing along the road that blew off something. We're coming up on our annual Festival and they are busy building the "village" right now, so hope the strong wind gusts are over.

Stay safe, everyone!

[vbhoutex]

Hope you continue to improve. Being sick like that sucks, especially this time of year.
Sounds like you're saturated like we are in many places. We don't have the problem of the hills though and haven't had winds like you did either.

[cycloneye]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
944 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

PRC147-201545-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0280.100720T1344Z-100720T1545Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VIEQUES PR-
944 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY...

IN PUERTO RICO
VIEQUES

* UNTIL 1145 AM AST

* AT 942 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW SPOTS IN HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS
AND LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

[cycloneye]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1115 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI...VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO
OUT 10 NM...
ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO 19.5N...
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N...
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM...

* UNTIL 1245 PM AST

* AT 1106 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34
KNOTS OR GREATER OVER COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PUERTO
RICO...INCLUDING THE WATERS AROUND CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND SAINT
THOMAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

[Gustywind]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1115 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI...VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO
OUT 10 NM...
ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO 19.5N...
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N...
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM...

* UNTIL 1245 PM AST

* AT 1106 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34
KNOTS OR GREATER OVER COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PUERTO
RICO...INCLUDING THE WATERS AROUND CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND SAINT
THOMAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

When these specials avisories will stop? Be safe and dry Luis!
Gustywind

[Gustywind]

Rain is comingquickly here, sky is becoming darker and darker. Thunder is rumbling a bit, looks like another round of this 97L. For info yellow alert is always maintained for Martinica, Guadeloupe and the Northern Leewards.

[cycloneye]

They keep comming. Our friend Caribepr that lives in Culebra has not comed here for a long time.I wonder where she is.

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1138 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

PRC049-201830-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0281.100720T1538Z-100720T1830Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CULEBRA PR-
1138 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY...

IN PUERTO RICO
CULEBRA

* UNTIL 230 PM AST

* AT 1130 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED MODERATED TO HEAVY RAIN
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF SHOWERS...WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT CULEBRA AT LEAST THROUGH 230 PM AST.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

[Gustywind]

Good morning, neighbors! Hope everyone is staying high and dry... looks like E-PR, Vieques/Culebra have had the brunt of it last 12 hrs.
Sorry I haven't had more to contribute, but have had terrible flu turned to bronchitus so bad could not get any sleep. Yesterday doctor prescribed some miracle cough medicin, so I actually slept!

Thunder rumbling and rattling windows this morning, but most of the rain was west end of the island and on into USVI, indicated by flood advisory Luis posted earlier. Some of the showers we've had yesterday and earlier dumped heavy rain. I have a very unscientific gage, the towels on the floor under my leaking kitchen skylight, and looking out at the 50deg-slope-driveway to see how deep the water is running down, LOL! Grounds are saturated here, too, water still draining down the hills. We are 1700ft highest point and at the bottom of the steep hills, only a few blocks of flat area to the sea, and St. Thomas, St. John similar. So once the terrain will absorb no more, the water runs down really fast, rips up asphalt road patches, brings down mud & rock, etc then swells the ghuts at the bottom. I think we are at the point now where any additional heavy rain may cause problems. At least the radar right now doesn't show much rain upwind (SSE).

So grateful we haven't had any winds like this past weekend with the 40-50kt gusts, at least I've heard no such reports. I drove down the hill Sunday and passed two sheets of corrugated roofing along the road that blew off something. We're coming up on our annual Festival and they are busy building the "village" right now, so hope the strong wind gusts are over.

Stay safe, everyone!

Thanks for you post BVIGAL we continue to appreciate the way you provide uds all these nice infos. Hope everyone is ok and dry.

[msbee]

Luis
I think MJ is in Maine for the entire summer
she's avoiding all this

[Gustywind]

They keep comming. Our friend Caribepr that lives in Culebra has not comed here for a long time.I wonder where she is.

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1138 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

PRC049-201830-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0281.100720T1538Z-100720T1830Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CULEBRA PR-
1138 AM AST TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY...

IN PUERTO RICO
CULEBRA

* UNTIL 230 PM AST

* AT 1130 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED MODERATED TO HEAVY RAIN
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF SHOWERS...WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT CULEBRA AT LEAST THROUGH 230 PM AST.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

More again oh boy!