HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1238 PM AST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 1245 PM AST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT
VERY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TUESDAY
WITH A HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN EXPOSED
COASTLINES OF PUERTO RICO. LOCAL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF
THE WATERS UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE...WHICH
WILL NOT BE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION...PERSONS AT
THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON
THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN.
PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK
FORMATIONS.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS...MARINERS SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES NEAR REEFS AND SHOALS WILL PRESENT
ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
ALL THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH MID-WEEK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
LARGE AND STRONG LONG PERIOD...NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE
TO INVADE THE AREA WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THESE SWELLS
WILL RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE AND HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THIS COULD BE THE
LARGEST SWELL EVENT FOR THIS YEAR WITH POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING.
REFER TO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE PRODUCT FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THIS SWELL EVENT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.
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