The big rain event is about to start here.
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1059 PM AST SAT SEP 20 2008
VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES
THIS EVENING AS AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER CONTINUED TO MOVE
ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
WATERS AND OVER PARTS OF THE ISLANDS THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE BEEN
VARIABLY AND GUSTY AT TIMES AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED BY
AFFECTED LOCATIONS.
A BROAD AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELONGATED AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED THIS EVENING FROM THE EAST CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN SOUTH OF THE MONA PASSAGE...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARDS. THIS AREA OF
DISTURBED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWESTWARD
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...AND BRING SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY LEAVE VERY HEAVY
RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...LOOK FOR FREQUENT PASSING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO RACE QUICKLY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGHOUT
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AREA WATERS. A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SHIFT
FROM THE OPEN WATERS OF THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN...NORTHWESTWARD
AND INTO THE LOCAL AREA BY MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS FORECAST TO EXIT THE LOCAL AREA
LATE SUNDAY AS IT SHIFTS INTO HISPANIOLA AND THE SOUTHEAST
BAHAMAS. THIS WILL LEAVE IN ITS WAKE A FAIRLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
WEATHER PATTERN TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION AT LEAST THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC THROUGH SUNDAY...WHILE SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
ELSEWHERE. MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR OCCASIONAL
SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 KNOTS OR
GREATER.
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