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AXNT20 KNHC 132342
TWDAT
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
2315 UTC.
A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE ERN CARIBBEAN ALONG 64W S OF 18N
MOVING W 15-20 KT. THE WAVE IS WELL DEPICTED IN THE MOISTURE
PRODUCTS AND E CARIBBEAN ISLANDS SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS MOST
NOTABLY GUADELOUPE..ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. THIS TROPICAL WAVE IS
FORECAST BY THE COMPUTER MODELS TO MOVE OVER THE UK/US VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BRINGING
INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
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AWCA82 TJSJ 132000
RWSVI
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST FRI JUN 13 2008
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED ISOLATED SHOWERS
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION OVER
LAND. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
10 TO 20 MPH.
FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND SECTIONS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE
EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS. INCREASED SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS...WINDS...SEAS...AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE.
Tropical Wave In Eastern Caribbean
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