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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7841 Postby Macrocane » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:38 pm

Good evening, I hope all of you had a great christmas/weekend :D

Today strong northerly winds have been affecting the region, this morning was one of the warmest of the month but I'm sure that tomorrow morning the minimum temperatures will be cooler than today. These are the lows registered this morning and the maximum wind gusts registered today in some locations:

Temperatures

Belize city, Belize 18°C/64°F
Guatemala city, Guatemala 12.4°C (54.3°F)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 4.5°C (40.1°F)
San Salvador, El Salvador 17.6°C (63.7°F)
Las Pilas, El Salvador 10.2°C (50.4°F)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 16°C (61°F)
La Esperanza, Honduras 12°C (54°F)
Managua, Nicaragua 23°C (73°F)
San Jose, Costa Rica 15.2°C (59.4°F)

Wind Gust
Belize city, Belize 39 km/h (24 mph)
Guatemala city, Guatemala 40 km/h (25 mph)
Ishuatan, El Salvador 55 km/h (34 mph)
San Salvador, El Salvador 40 km/h (25 mph)
Nueva Ocotepeque, Honduras 52 km/h (33 mph)
Managua, Nicaragua 37 km/h (23 mph)
San Jose, Costa Rica 64 km/h (40 mph)

And finally a recent IR image where you can see all the cold air behind the front and a disturbance north of Panama.

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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7842 Postby cycloneye » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:43 pm

Merry Christmas to you Macrocane.I had a great weekend with the family.

Ummmm Macrocane,what do you think? ex95L or another disturbance there? It has some scattered red colors.
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#7843 Postby Macrocane » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:22 pm

I think that it may be an interaction between some of the energy from ex 95L and the colombian low, it is analyzed as a trough in the surface charts, here's what the NHC says about it in the latest discussion:

THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA...
NUMEROUS STRONG RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING
FROM 9N TO 13N BETWEEN 76W AND 79W...NEAR A SURFACE TROUGH THAT
IS ALONG 79W FROM 7N TO 13N.
STRONG RAINSHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE ALONG THE COLOMBIA COAST FROM 11N TO 12N
BETWEEN 73W AND 74W BETWEEN RIOHACHA AND SANTA MARTA. CYCLONIC
FLOW FROM A BROAD SURFACE-TO-LOW LEVEL TROUGH COVERS THE AREA
THAT IS TO THE SOUTH OF 16N BETWEEN 66W AND 75W.
ISOLATED
MODERATE RAINSHOWERS TO LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FROM
13N TO 16N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W.
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#7844 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:39 am

Good morning.A wet last week of 2010 is instored for the NE Caribbean.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
610 AM AST MON DEC 27 2010

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMS
ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES PUERTO
RICO FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE ACTUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY ITSELF WILL
BRING AN ADDITIONAL SURGE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS PUERTO RICO
AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TUESDAY...AND EVENTUALLY PUSH SOUTH OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SHALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONVERGE ACROSS
PUERTO RICO TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
REACHING THE NORTHEASTERN MOST TIP OF HISPANIOLA. WITH VERY LIGHT
WINDS AND A FEW BREAKS IN MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER EXPECTED
THIS MORNING...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF PUERTO RICO AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AS WELL. THE MAIN
COLD FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH PUERTO RICO UNTIL EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...BUT EXPECT ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH THIS
FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TOMORROW.

WHILE THE LATEST GFS TAKES THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND TO JUSTIFY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER
ACTIVITY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK...ALBEIT THE MOST UNSETTLED DAYS APPEAR TO BE
TODAY AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...WILL LIKELY SEE LOCALLY BREEZY
CONDITIONS DEVELOP BEHIND THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT AS STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC LATER IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL TAF SITES
THROUGH AT LEAST 27/18Z. INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH SHOWERS
WILL LEAD TO BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS
TJSJ...TJPS...TJBQ...AND TJMZ AFTER 18Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM
THE SOUTHEAST AT THE SURFACE...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY AND STRONGER
ALOFT.

&&

.MARINE...LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELLS HAVE CONTINUED TO SUBSIDE
ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS OVERNIGHT...AND THE HIGH SURF
ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED AROUND 4 AM AST THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO EXPECT ANOTHER TRAIN OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS
FROM THE NORTHWEST TO REACH THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH SEAS POSSIBLY
FALLING BRIEFLY TO NEAR OR BELOW 7 FEET...EVEN ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS...THIS EVENING OR EARLY MORNING TUESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 84 73 81 73 / 50 70 70 50
STT 84 73 84 74 / 40 30 40 40

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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7845 Postby Macrocane » Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:26 am

Good morning! This morning has been cooler than yesterday as expected thanks to the cold front and the high pressure that has pushed it down here. These are the minimum temperatures registered this morning in the region:

Belize city, Belize 15°C (59°F)
Guatemala city, Guatemala 8.4°C (47.1°F)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala -2.6°C (27.3°F)
San Salvador, El Salvador 16.2°C (61.2°F)
Las Pilas, El Salvador 8.0°C (46.4°F)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 13°C (55°F)
La Esperanza, Honduras 9°C (48°F)
Managua, Nicaragua 20°C (68°F)
Jinotega, Nicaragua 14°C (57°F)
San Jose, Costa Rica 14.7°C (58.5°F)
Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica 3.5°C (38.3°F)
Panama City, Panama 23°C (73°F)
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#7846 Postby Gustywind » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:51 am

:eek: At the end... here is one of those of monsters :eek: :double:
Thanks to the fishermans in vicinity of Gosier :)!
A barracuda 1.10 m caught in Gosier
B.C. France-French West Indies Guadeloupe 27.12.2010
:rarrow: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.a ... 106937.php

Quiet swim in the waters of Gosier! The day of Christmas, Jeanne Nicaise and one of his friends pulled two Barracuda water. One of them taken, captured at the same place where are bathers became attack last October, measure 1.10 m for... 13 kg weight.
Santa may have forgotten Gosier fishermen. Saturday morning, at a time when many were to unpack their package, Jeanne Nicaise and one of his friends dug water present which should to reassure a! "We've fished, blow, blow two Barracuda." "We hope that one of his two matches fish provided the Chronicle", slid yesterday afternoon, since his restaurant at the Saint-Félix fishing port. In evidence, the man has a myriad of photos as well as a head of the beast, preserved as a trophy in his freezer.
Caught against the attacks of bathers
"On them was caught at the same place where some swimmers had been biting a few months ago while we were on a pontoon." It went fishing in the morning with some friends. Our goal was not to capture the barracuda. "Just the billfishes and Tarpon, which we are avid fishermen", yet continued Jeanne Nicaise. And detail, not without pleasure: "it was installed just above of a bench of caillis (a sort of small sardines also called coulirou N.D.L.R.)." There may be his ticket: with these fish are safe to leave something. We have fishing rapala (lures imitating a bait, N.D.L.R.). It is through it that my friend, Mr. Bourguignon, rail first barracuda. It was something beautiful: it took us 25 to 30 minutes for the out of the water by dragging. "It was at this time that two fishermen were really able to take the full measure of their decision-making: barracuda measuring 1, 10 m for a weight 13 kg.
A large fish can hide another
Most unusual with this exceptional fishing part is that the first capture called a second. "Moments after it is me who caught the second barracuda." He was a little smaller with its 90 cm in length and a little less big because it weighed 8, 7 kg. But to get out, it was something. When I caught him, I used a small Jack. Barracuda arrived, he cut the head a jaw and lack of luck for him, it is planted hook in the eye. This is it complicated things, while giving us pretty struggled: it couldn't walnut... "
Fairly quickly, Jeanne Nicaise said contacted "Baie Mahault gendarmerie", in order to inform the number of its double and attempt to put an end to the concern of some swimmers. "They simply said to prevent the police from Gosier." But as no one answered over the phone, I said was I alert the media. "With always the same goal:"Reassuring everyone." Starting with tourists and beaches of le Gosier-loving swimmers. Now, they can reclaim them. It is the gift that we do in Guadeloupe. "
- And if it was not good...
Agreement, they are big, big and have a little brings jaw. But the two Barracuda came out of the water on Christmas day are those who took the habit of bite swimmers? "On them was caught in the area where the attack took place", insists Jeanne Nicaise.
And to admit, philosopher: "After, no evidence that they are good." We just hope. At worst, it will always be two Barracuda, a bathing area. "In all cases, our fisherman is not ready to release its guard: he will continue to fish, faithful to his passion...-In the pot!
It is a sad fate awaits the two Barracuda of Gosier: they will soon be eaten! Precautionary principle requires, due to the risk of ciguatera, Jeanne Nicaise promises not to use the fruit of his fishing "to its customers." So far, it has well enjoy the barracuda family: "I'm going to prepare a good blaff with Yam, bread fruit and sweet...". I tested the fish: it can be eaten. To determine whether its flesh is consumable, I him have to pass three tests, including the silver spoon: as it has not changed its colour, is that everything is good. There was also the technique of the anthill. Then simply ask the top barracuda and observe: normally, if ants do not come, it is that there is a problem. "Jeanne faith: they came on the fish. And this, it suggests, it is a sign not wrong.
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7847 Postby Macrocane » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:52 am

Latest Pacific TWD mentions the winds in Central America:

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...LATEST REPORTS FROM IXTEPEC AND SALINA
CRUZ NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC ARE
SHOWING MAX WINDS TO NEAR 30 KT...INDICATING WINDS TO MINIMAL
GALE FORCE OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC
ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THIS WILL DIMINISH TO BELOW GALE FORCE LATER
THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BELOW 20 KT BY TUE AFTERNOON. NE SWELL
GENERATED BY THE GAP WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO WED AS FAR AS 700
NM TO THE SE OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC.

GULFS OF PAPAGAYO AND FONSECA...A 03Z ASCAT PASS SHOWED 20 TO 25
KT WINDS THROUGH THE GULF OF FONSECA AND UP TO 30 KT THROUGH
PAPAGAYO.
THIS FLOW WAS DUE TO STRONG GRADIENT N FLOW AIDED BY
LOCAL DRAINAGE EFFECTS. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE FONSECA
WINDS DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON...THEN REOCCURRING MON NIGHT
INTO TUE MORNING. SINCE PAPAGAYO WINDS ARE LESS DEPENDENT ON
DRAINAGE EFFECTS...EXPECT AT LEAST 20 KT FLOW INCREASING TO AS
HIGH AS 30 KT OVERNIGHT WITH SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FT POSSIBLE IN A
PLUME OF NE SWELL OUT AS FAR AS 600 NM.

GULF OF PANAMA...A SHIP OBSERVATION SHOWED 20 TO 25 KT N WINDS
FROM THE SW CARIBBEAN INTO THE GULF OF PANAMA.
GLOBAL MODELS ARE
SHOWING LOW PRES DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH OF THE GULF OF PANAMA
OFF THE COLOMBIAN COAST. WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN WILL BECOME
MORE EASTERLY...ALLOWING THE NORTH WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH THE
GULF OF PANAMA TO DIMINISH TUE.
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#7848 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:55 pm

Umbrellas on hand for the next couple of days.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
248 PM AST MON DEC 27 2010

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE FORECAST
AREA EARLY TUESDAY...AND WILL COMBINE WITH AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO
INDUCE AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AT
LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY. A BROAD RIDGE WILL THEN ESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...TO SUSTAIN A FRESH NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A PRE-FRONTAL SHEAR LINE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED TROUGH
IS NOW LOCATED OVER HISPANIOLA. THIS SHEAR LINE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS PUERTO RICO TO THE USVI LATER THIS EVENING...WITH THE
FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER PUERTO RICO ON EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND
INTO THE USVI ISLANDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED LATER THIS EVENING AS THE SHEAR
LINE REACHES THE FORECAST AREA. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD
CONCENTRATE ON WEST/CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND...THEN
SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO THE REST
OF THE NIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO AS WELL. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST UNSETTLED DAYS APPEAR TO BE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A BROAD RIDGE WILL THEN ESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC...TO SUSTAIN A FRESH NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE
LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PATCHES OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE LOCAL AREA FROM TIME TO TIME...RESULTING IN INTERVALS OF
CLOUDINESS AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE LOCAL ISLANDS THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL TAF SITES
THROUGH AT LEAST 28/02Z FOLLOWED BY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS FROM
THE NORTHWEST. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE INCREASING
CLOUDINESS WITH SHOWERS AND LEAD TO PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS
ACROSS TJSJ...TJBQ...AND TJMZ AND WIDESPREAD MTN OBSCURATIONS AFTER
28/06Z OVER PR AND NRN USVI. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST
SFC TO 12 KFT...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY AND STRONGER ALOFT...BUT AFT
28/12Z LLVL WINDS WILL BECOME NELY 10 TO 20 KTS WITH GUSTS PSBL TO
30 KT AT SITES SUCH AS TJBQ AND TIST.

&&

.MARINE...ANOTHER BATCH OF LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELLS WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE MONA PASSAGE
TOMORROW. THESE SWELLS WILL RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SURF
CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN EXPOSED COASTLINES OF PUERTO RICO
AND THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. AS A RESULT...A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM AST THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 74 80 71 78 / 70 70 70 70
STT 73 83 73 82 / 40 40 50 50

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#7849 Postby Macrocane » Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:38 pm

Good evening. Cold air advection continues in Central America, tomorrow morning may be cooler than today. This front may not be the coldest of the season but it is the one that has reached the lowest latitude. I am posting an IR image and a surface chart that show how far the cold front has been pushed.

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By the way, it seems that it will be one of the wettest fronts for the islands so far this season.
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#7850 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:02 pm

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
858 PM AST MON DEC 27 2010

PRC013-280345-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.Y.0595.101228T0058Z-101228T0345Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ARECIBO PR-
858 PM AST MON DEC 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

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

IN PUERTO RICO
ARECIBO

* UNTIL 1145 PM AST

* AT 845 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO ARECIBO DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

RESIDENTS...VISITORS OR ANYONE DRIVING NEAR THE RIO GRANDE DE
ARECIBO OR ANY OF ITS TRIBUTARIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING OR FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 1850 6678 1851 6666 1839 6665 1837 6673

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#7851 Postby tropicana » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:04 pm

Regional Highs and Rainfall (rain 7pmET Sun-7pmET Mon) for
Mon Dec 27 2010

Piarco Airport, Trinidad 32.1C 90F 1.0mm
Maraval, NW Trinidad 29.6C 86F 0.8mm
Crown Point, Tobago 31.1C 88F trace

Point Salines, Grenada 30.0C 86F 0.6mm
Grantley Adams, Barbados 30.0C 86F trace
Arnos Vale, St Vincent 30.2C 86F 5.7mm
Hewannora, St Lucia 29.7C 86F
Melville Hall, Dominica 28.7C 84F 2.9mm
Le Lamentin, Martinique 29.6C 86F 1.2mm

Golden Rock, St Kitts 29.3C 85F
VC Bird, Antigua 28.8C 84F trace
San Juan, Puerto Rico 27.8C 82F 0.8mm

Owen Roberts, Grand Cayman 22.7C 73F
Kingston, Jamaica 26.7C 80F
Montego Bay, Jamaica 25.1C 77F
Havana, Cuba 18.8C 66F
Key West, Florida 15.6C 60F
Miami, Florida 13.9C 57F
Nassau, Bahamas 18.7C 66F
Hamilton, Bermuda 19.6C 68F 11.7mm

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#7852 Postby HURAKAN » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:17 pm

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Cuba is lost in the stratocumuli clouds!!
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#7853 Postby Macrocane » Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:17 pm

Great picture as always HURAKAN. The maximum temperature in Havana was pretty low thanks to the cold air and the cloud canopy.
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#7854 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:50 am

Good morning.The Cold Front is almost here.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
458 AM AST TUE DEC 28 2010

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA TODAY. FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS HAS BEEN INCREASING EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. THIS IS IN RESPONSE DUE
TO MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL APPROACH
THE LOCAL AREA LATER TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED
MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF PUERTO RICO...AS THE FRONT
GET CLOSER TO THE AREA. THE FRONT ITSELF IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER
PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CLEAR THE AREA BY THURSDAY.
THEN...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. WITH THIS SCENARIO...DRY CONDITIONS
WILL RETURN BY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND.

IN THE MEANTIME...A WET PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
OCCUR IN SOME SPOTS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN RIVERS AS
WELL AS URBAN FLOODING.

&&

.AVIATION...TEMPORARY MVFR CONDS...WITH CIGS AS LOW AS 1500 FT AND
VSBYS AS LOW AS 3SM...EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS TJBQ...TJMZ...TJSJ
AND TIST THROUGH 28/22Z...WITH PREVAILING VFR CONDS EXPECTED
REMAINDER OF TAF SITES. AFT 28/22Z...MVFR CONDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
ACROSS TISX AND TNCM...WITH ONLY SITES EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR BEING
TJPS AND TKPK. LLVL WIND FLOW NNE AT 10 TO 15 KTS...BECOMING
WESTERLY ABOVE 15 KFT.

&&

.MARINE...ANOTHER BATCH OF LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELLS WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE MONA PASSAGE
THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH LATEST BUOY DATA ACROSS THE NEAR-SHORE
WATERS OF PUERTO RICO SHOWS ONLY 4 TO 5 FEET SWELLS...THIS SWELLS
WILL BUILD VERY QUICKLY LATE THIS MORNING. THESE SWELLS WILL
RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN
EXPOSED COASTLINES OF PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS. AS A RESULT...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM TODAY TO 6 AM AST THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 80 72 79 72 / 70 50 60 40
STT 84 73 82 74 / 40 50 50 40

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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7855 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:45 am

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Hey Caribbean friends,let's congrat our friend from El Salvador Macrocane in his birthday today.Congrats and have many,many more my friend.
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7856 Postby Macrocane » Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:36 am

:cheesy: :ggreen: :ggreen: Thank you very much!! It's nice to be in storm2k on this day with my best cyber and weather-friends. :jump:
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7857 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:56 am

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1026 AM AST TUE DEC 28 2010

PRC013-017-027-039-054-065-081-091-141-281745-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FA.Y.0597.000000T0000Z-101228T1745Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIALES PR-FLORIDA PR-UTUADO PR-LARES PR-BARCELONETA PR-CAMUY PR-
HATILLO PR-MANATI PR-ARECIBO PR-
1026 AM AST TUE DEC 28 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

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

IN PUERTO RICO
CIALES...FLORIDA...UTUADO...LARES...BARCELONETA...CAMUY...
HATILLO...MANATI AND ARECIBO

* UNTIL 145 PM AST

* AT 1020 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO
RICO...INCLUDING FLORIDA AND UTUADO. EXPECT CONTINUED SHOWER
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THIS AREA AND THE NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES
UNTIL THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL...REDUCED VISIBILITIES...PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS THE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS
EXPECTED. FOR THOSE REASONS THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXTENDED UNTIL
145 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.

&&

LAT...LON 1843 6687 1841 6650 1827 6655 1829 6690

$$

FIGUEROA/SANCHEZ
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7858 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:43 am

Macrocane wrote:Great picture as always HURAKAN. The maximum temperature in Havana was pretty low thanks to the cold air and the cloud canopy.


Gracias!! y muchas felicidades por tú cumpleaños!!! Que tengas un día feliz y muchos, muchos años más de felicidad!!

Thanks!! and Happy Birthday!!!
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7859 Postby Macrocane » Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:11 am

:uarrow: Thanks HURAKAN :ggreen:

Most of Central America registered this morning similar or cooler temperatures than yesterday:

Belize city, Belize 15°C (59°F)
Guatemala city, Guatemala 7.7°C (45.9°F)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 3°C (37.4°F)
San Salvador, El Salvador 15.0°C (59.0°F)
Las Pilas, El Salvador 5.2°C (41.4°F)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 13°C (55°F)
La Esperanza, Honduras 8°C (46°F)
Managua, Nicaragua 19°C (66°F)
Jinotega, Nicaragua 13°C (55°F)
San Jose, Costa Rica 15.1°C (59.2°F)
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Re: Caribbean - Central America Weather Thread

#7860 Postby msbee » Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:34 am

Macrocane wrote::cheesy: :ggreen: :ggreen: Thank you very much!! It's nice to be in storm2k on this day with my best cyber and weather-friends. :jump:


Happy Birthday!

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