HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 954 AM AST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM AST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LONG PERIOD...NORTH NORTHWEST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES EARLY TODAY...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE REINFORCED BY A SECOND SURGE OF LARGER...LONG
PERIOD NORTH SWELLS THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THESE SWELLS
WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
NORTHEAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES TODAY. IN ADDITION...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WAS
ISSUED UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY FOR BREAKING WAVES 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG
SOME NORTHERN COASTS.
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AN OLD FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA AND A MID TO UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION...WILL
RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE LOCAL ISLANDS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH NO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL OR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING. WITH THIS MORE ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED TO
ENCOMPASS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY...ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.
LONG PERIOD...NORTH SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
WATERS AND THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE SWELLS
WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE AND HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
NORTHEAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
OR DANGEROUS SURF WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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