Weather Summary

Received: Sun Aug 28 13:15:37 AST 2011


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AWCA82 TJSJ 280855 CCA
RWSPR 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
453 AM AST SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NWS DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY IN THE 
MORNING. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER LAND
AREAS SO FAR THIS MORNING. WINDS WERE MAINLY FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT AROUND 10 MPH.

FOR TODAY...A SURGE OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS WILL 
AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA. THIS MOISTURE WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST
AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO DURING THE REST OF THE
MORNING HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION...WILL
COMBINE WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND LOCAL MOUNTAINS EFFECTS...TO
RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AN OVERALL "DRIER" AIR
MASS IS EXPECTED BUT THE UPPER TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH THE
LINGERING MOISTURE AND LOCAL EFFECTS...TO AGAIN PRODUCE SOME
CLOUDINESS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE SOILS ARE
SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS MAY QUICKLY TURN INTO
RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS...MARINERS CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 16 KNOTS 
OR LESS AND SEAS OF 5 FEET OR LESS.

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