Caribbean - Central America Weather

[cycloneye]

Those who have marine interests in the NE Caribbean,be aware of rising swells and windy conditions.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
350 PM AST SAT NOV 20 2010

.SYNOPSIS...MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT AND
FLATTEN A BIT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
PERTURBATIONS MOVE ACROSS OR JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA...
ESPECIALLY DURING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST
TO GRADUALLY EXTEND INTO THE FA AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...STILL EXPECT A GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS
THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...BANDS AND PATCHES OF
MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS FROM TIME TO TIME...
RESULTING IN INTERVALS OF CLOUDINESS AND A FEW SHOWERS. A
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA LATER TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AND THEN PASS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. WITH MID TO UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE RELAXING ITS GRIP A BIT AT THE SAME TIME...STILL
EXPECT AT LEAST A SHORT PERIOD OF CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AS IT PASSES BY. HOWEVER...FAIRLY
DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS FA AT THIS TIME SHOULD HELP KEEP BOUNDARY
RELATIVELY QUIET AS IT PASSES BY. FOR LATER MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...SHOULD SEE A RETURN TO PASSING BANDS AND PATCHES OF
CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS...WITH SOME ENHANCEMENT POSSIBLE FROM
AFOREMENTIONED PASSING MID TO MAINLY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES.

SURFACE WINDS BEGAN INCREASING TODAY AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH BREEZY TO EVENTUALLY WINDY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL TAF SITES...WITH VCSH OR
-SHRA POSSIBLE USVI AND WINDWARD SIDE OF PR AT LEAST UNTIL 21/14Z.
THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THIS EVENING ARE LOW TO MENTION
TEMPO GROUPS IN THE TAFS. LLVL WIND FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ENE
AT 10 TO 20 KTS.

&&

.MARINE...A FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...AS STRONG SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE LOCATED WELL NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA EXTENDS INTO THE
NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN. THESE INCREASING TRADE WINDS WILL RESULT IN
INCREASINGLY ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS AND WILL GO INTO
EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REMAINING LOCAL COASTAL WATERS AT 6 PM AST
THIS EVENING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 74 85 74 84 / 30 40 40 30
STT 74 86 75 85 / 20 50 50 20

[cycloneye]

I like this kind of weather,that has fresh breezes,light to moderate showers and cloudy skies with the low clouds moving fast. Tonight,I dont have to turn on my air conditioner. Bring on more cold fronts like this one.

[Gustywind]

I like this kind of weather,that has fresh breezes,light to moderate showers and cloudy skies with the low clouds moving fast. Tonight,I dont have to turn on my air conditioner. Bring on more cold fronts like this one.

Luis you're always funny, you're right thanks to this cold front

[msbee]

I like this kind of weather,that has fresh breezes,light to moderate showers and cloudy skies with the low clouds moving fast. Tonight,I dont have to turn on my air conditioner. Bring on more cold fronts like this one.

me too Luis. tonight I went out to eat and I even wore a lightweight jacket
I love this weather!

[cycloneye]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1024 PM AST SAT NOV 20 2010

.UPDATE...LITTLE CHANGE IN 00Z SOUNDING FROM THE ONE AT 12Z
EXCEPT AN EXTRA TENTH OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITABLE WATER. STILL HAVE
MEDIUM CAPPING WITH A BASE NEAR 6600 FEET. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEAK
AND THREADY BUT STILL APPEARS TO BE ADVANCING SLOWLY AT ABOUT 9
KNOTS. THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT TO CROSS 20 NORTH AS OF 10
PM AST. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT TOPS OF THE CLOUDS WITH
THE FRONT ARE WARM. A FEW SHOWERS ARE VISIBLE JUST SOUTH OF 20
NORTH ON THE TERMINAL DOPPLER. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE BEST
CHANCES OF RAIN ARE MONDAY MORNING...BUT SOME SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY MORNING ON THE NORTH COAST. ALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT WITH
FEW IF ANY STATIONS RECEIVING ONE QUARTER INCH.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL TAF SITES...WITH FAST
MOVING VCSH AT MOST SITES INTO EARLY SUNDAY...211200Z. LLVL WIND
FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ENE AT 10 TO 20 KTS EXCEPT FOR TJPS AND
TISX WHERE WIND IS SLIGHTLY LESS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...
SEAS AT BUOY 41043 HAVE RISEN FROM FROM 5 FEET AT 20/21Z TO 10.5
FEET AT 21/02Z AND WINDS WERE RUNNING 23 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 29
KNOTS. WINDS WERE ALSO 15 TO 17 KNOTS AT THE LOCAL SAN JUAN BUOY
41053 WITH GUSTS TO 22 KNOTS. EXPECT THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
AS SEAS MOVE IN FROM NORTHEAST TOWARD THE LOCAL AREA AND WINDS INCREASE.
EXPECT SEAS TO RISE RAPIDLY IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS ALONG THE
NORTHERN COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. AT
THIS TIME WILL NOT ISSUE HIGH SURF ADVISORY ON THE BASIS OF A
SHORT 8 SECOND PERIOD THAT WILL NOT HAVE THE ENERGY...BUT ISOLATED
WAVES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 10 FEET.

[cycloneye]

Good morning. Weak front moving thru with fresh breezes,scattered showers and rough seas.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
515 AM AST SUN NOV 21 2010

.SYNOPSIS...BREEZY WINDS AND SCATTERED QUICK PASSING SHOWERS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE FRAGMENTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY CAN BE SEEN
IN LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE
LOCAL ISLANDS THIS MORNING. WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...EXPECT THESE FRAGMENTS TO GET PUSHED
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY...WITH BREEZY WINDS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST GFS INDICATING A FAIRLY
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...SO EXPECT BREEZY WINDS TO PERSIST
ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. AT THE
SAME TIME...PATCHY MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAKENING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH WILL GET STEERED ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS
THROUGH MID WEEK...RESULTING IN QUICK PASSING SCATTERED SHOWERS
FROM TIME TO TIME. DUE TO THE QUICK PASSING NATURE OF THESE
SHOWERS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...WITH BEST
CHANCE FOR MORE NUMEROUS SHOWER COVERAGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WHEN DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR CONDS EXPECTED ALL TAF SITES FOR NEXT
24 HOURS WITH A QUICK PASSING -SHRA OR VCSH POSSIBLE ACROSS
TJBQ...TJSJ AND THE VI THROUGH 21/16Z...AND ACROSS TJMZ AND TJPS
AFT 21/16Z. GUST LLVL ENE WIND FLOW OF 15 TO 20 KTS EXPECTED TODAY.

&&

.MARINE...INCREASINGLY ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 85 75 83 75 / 40 70 70 50
STT 85 75 85 76 / 50 70 70 50

[Gustywind]

[Gustywind]

[msbee]

winds are up here. Airport met office reports they are from the ENE at 17 MPH.
it's pretty gusty around my house and brief squalls keep blowing in.
so significant rainfall accumulation though.
Have a nice Sunday everyone!

[cycloneye]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1124 AM AST SUN NOV 21 2010

.UPDATE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDINESS AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...AS THE
REMNANTS OF THE OLD COLD FRONT AND ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE
EAST MOVE INTO/ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. INHERITED SHORT TERM
GRIDS AND ZFP HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON EXPECTED CONDITIONS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND DID NOT SEND A ZFP UPDATE. FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS...MADE A COUPLE OF SEMANTIC ALTERATIONS TO THE PREVIOUS
CWF...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
LOCAL ISLANDS AND AT ALL LOCAL TAF SITES THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS AND LOCAL MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS
ARE EXPECTED IN PASSING SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...SURFACE WIND GUSTS
TO 25 KNOTS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR SHOWERS.

[abajan]

winds are up here. Airport met office reports they are from the ENE at 17 MPH.
it's pretty gusty around my house and brief squalls keep blowing in.
so significant rainfall accumulation though.
Have a nice Sunday everyone!

Quite breezy here too but no rain today. Pretty blue sky with just a bit of cirrus and pleasant temperature (what it feels like, rather than the actual reading). The hot days appear to be gone until May or so next year.

[cycloneye]

I like this kind of weather.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
300 PM AST SUN NOV 21 2010

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD FRAGMENTS OF
CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH AT
LEAST LATE MONDAY. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC
IN THE WAKE OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT IS GENERATING FRESH TO STRONG
TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN.

&&

.DISCUSSION...GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER PATTERN PREVAILED ACROSS PUERTO
RICO AND THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY. LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY AND PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS PUERTO RICO...WITH ONLY A FEW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. HOWEVER...A
FRAGMENTED COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA WILL CONTINUE
SPREAD BANDS AND PATCHES OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS FROM
TIME TO TIME...RESULTING IN INTERVALS OF CLOUDINESS AND A FEW
SHOWERS. THIS BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH LOCAL ISLANDS
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AND THEN PASS ACROSS LATE
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. THE STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY TRADES WILL SUSTAIN A COOL ADVECTIVE PATTERN OVER
WARMER WATERS TRIGGERING SHALLOW CONVECTION DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON
MONDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE WINDWARD AREAS WHERE SHOWERS MAY BECOME
NUMEROUS. LOOKS LIKE WET TRADE WIND CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN AT LEAST UNTIL MID WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS AND AT ALL LOCAL TAF SITES THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...BRIEF
MVFR CONDITIONS AND LOCAL MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
PASSING SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS WILL
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR SHOWERS.

&&

.MARINE...A FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. THESE INCREASING TRADE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS MOST OF THE
LOCAL COASTAL WATERS. AS A RESULT...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 75 83 74 84 / 70 70 40 40
STT 74 85 75 85 / 70 70 40 30

[Macrocane]

Good afternoon, I told you on Thursday that a cold front was going to affect Central America but actually the temperatures did not drop until this morning, yesterday we had some of the highest maximum and minimum temperatures of the month but thankfully the minimum temperatures this morning were quiet cool:

Temperatures registered yesterday:

Acajutla min: 23.6°C (74.5°F) max: 29.8°C (85.6°F)
Santa Ana min: 19.0°C (66.2°F) max: 30.9°C(87.6°F)
San Salvador min: 18.8°C (65.8°F) max: 30.6°C (87.1°F)
Las Pilas min: 13.2°C (55.8°F) max: 18.1°C (64.6°F)
El Pacayal min: 15.4°C (59.7°F) max: 22.9°C (73.2°F)
San Miguel min: 21.2°C (70.2°F) max: 35.0°C (95.0°F)

Minimum temepratures registered this morning:
Acajutla 20.9°C/69.6°F
Santa Ana 18.4°C/65.1°F
San Salvador 16.8°C/62.2°F
Las Pilas 11.7°C/53.1°F
El Pacayal 14.5°C/58.1°F
San Miguel 19.3°C/66.7°F

[BZSTORM]

Hi Everyone, well yes invest 94L was a very wet affair for us in Belize. The 19th is Garifuna Settlement day and although it traditionally rains on that day, it was the wettest and certainly the windiest one I remember in 15 yrs of watching & photographing the re-enactment of the landing of the Garifuna ppl in Belize. But that didn't stop any of the ceremonies around the coast of Belize that day happening. It was really cold too the wind was at least 20-25knots, good job no boats ever go further off shore than 1/2 mile before heading into shore. We had a smallbreak in the rain and wind around 11am when sun came out and winds had dropped by noon when it started raining and squalling again. Temps were around 79F on the south coast but with wind chill. As someone quoted "Garifuna's don't feel the rain when they have enough rum in them" and that seemed to be the case with ppl dancing and singing in the rain. The school kids to their own re-enactment the day before on 18th so managed to get some decent photos and video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSlWS7VLbF4 but you can see the sky was pretty dark and even then at 8am in morning.
Yesterday we had some heavy squalls on and off all day but it was allot warmer than day before. Today day started sunny then we had 2 or 3 heavy squalls come through and back to sunny again right now.

[BZSTORM]

abajan my niece is flying from UK to Barbados to get married in about 8 days, how's the weather looking for her do you think, she just emailed me and asked if I know of any more storms etc? I know you'd think family would come to me in Belize but its Allot cheaper to fly from UK to Barbados than to Belize....

[abajan]

abajan my niece is flying from UK to Barbados to get married in about 8 days, how's the weather looking for her do you think, she just emailed me and asked if I know of any more storms etc? I know you'd think family would come to me in Belize but its Allot cheaper to fly from UK to Barbados than to Belize....

Unfortunately, our met office only issues four day forecasts. A few days ago, the GFS model was predicting a somewhat rainy end to November but I don’t know if things have changed since then. Perhaps cycloneye could be of better help. Either way, I’ll bet your niece will have a memorable and enjoyable wedding and honeymoon. Give her my best.

[cycloneye]

BZSTORM,no Tropical Cyclones in the horizon for Barbados,but maybe some scattered showers may fall there, however even with those, your niece will enjoy fully all the atractions that Barbados has.

Abajan, I let pass some days to see if there were changes to the GFS wet scenario,but I still dont see big changes to the unsetteled pattern for the Windward Islands by the last two days of the month, going into the first days of December. See 12z GFS loop below.

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... loop.shtml

[cycloneye]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1012 PM AST SUN NOV 21 2010

.UPDATE...LATEST SOUNDING SHOWS A CONTINUING JAGGED RISE IN
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FROM AROUND 0.9 INCHES MIDDAY SATURDAY
TO OVER 1.4 NOW. BUT THE FRONT...WHICH WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE
SATURDAY EVENING JUST NORTH OF 20 NORTH...IS NOW ONLY CLEAR DOWN
TO 20 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE EAST OF 58 WEST LONGITUDE. SOUTH OF
THAT THE FRONT DEGENERATES INTO PATCHES OF MOISTURE THAT MAY ACTUALLY
BE BETWEEN SEVERAL WEAKER BOUNDARIES...ONE SOUTH...AND ONE NORTH
OF THE AREA THAT WILL PASS THROUGH LATER ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY WITH
ANOTHER WAVE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. SHOWERS ON RADAR WERE MOVING DUE
WEST OVER PUERTO RICO AND ONLY SINKING SLIGHTLY SOUTH ON THEIR
WESTWARD TRAVEL THROUGH THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THUS THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY NOW PLAYS A MUCH SMALLER ROLE IN THE LOCAL WEATHER THAN
THE SHALLOW PATCHES OF MOISTURE UNDER A MODESTLY CAPPED LAYER IN
STRONG NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND THE BASE OF THE HIGH WELL NORTH OF
THE AREA. THE CAP ITSELF HAS ALSO FRAGMENTED INTO SEVERAL LAYERS
BETWEEN 8250 FEET AND 11200 FEET EACH WITH ONLY A ONE DEGREE
INVERSION. MOISTURE...HOWEVER...ENDS AT THE BASE OF THE MOST
STABLE LAYER AND CONVECTION CANNOT BREAK THROUGH. THEREFORE LIGHT
QUICK PASSING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA.
A SECOND BOUNDARY MAY KEEP THE PROCESS GOING ONCE IT PASSES OVER
FROM THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY AND MORE SHALLOW BANDS CROSS
THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL SLOWLY ABATE AFTER WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER
WHEN A SECOND FRONT SQUASHES THE RIDGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC MIDWAY
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 NORTH AND GRADIENTS RELAX. EITHER WAY WE WILL
CONTINUE UNDER COOLER AIR FROM THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC FOR
MUCH...IF NOT ALL...OF THE WEEK.

[cycloneye]

Good morning.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
417 AM AST MON NOV 22 2010

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE LOCAL AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL
HELP MAINTAIN A GENERALLY GUSTY 15-20 KNOT NORTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE
LOCAL REGION WITH PATCHES OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN
COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS PASSING
SHOWERS WILL BE THE RULE THIS MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH
AND NORTHEAST COASTS...] BUT THESE SHOULD START TO DECREASE IN THEIR
FREQUENCY LATER THIS MORNING. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER THE TOP
OF THE RIDGE WHICH LEAD TO A WEAKENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
ACROSS THE REGION WITH WINDS FALLING IN THE GENERAL 10 TO 15 KNOT
RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS AND AT ALL LOCAL TAF SITES THIS MORNING WITH A FEW VCSH.
SURFACE WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 20-25 KNOTS

&&

MARINE...A FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. THESE INCREASING TRADE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS MOST OF THE
LOCAL COASTAL WATERS. AS A RESULT...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS.

[cycloneye]

Wind Advisory for higher elevations

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1038 AM AST MON NOV 22 2010

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

PRZ002>004-006-007-009-222245-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.WI.Y.0004.101122T1438Z-101123T1300Z/
NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-CENTRAL INTERIOR-
PONCE AND VICINITY-WESTERN INTERIOR-
1038 AM AST MON NOV 22 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST TUESDAY.

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WELL NORTH OF THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
CREATING WINDY CONDITIONS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500
FEET IN ELEVATION THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR
GREATER ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE. TRUCKS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAINS PASSES.

&&

$$

ROSA
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