HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1241 AM AST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 1245 AM AST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
EXPOSED COASTLINES OF OF ALL THE PUERTO RICO OVERNIGHT. 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. THIS COULD BE THE
LARGEST SWELL EVENT FOR THIS YEAR. REFER TO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
PRODUCT FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS SWELL EVENT.
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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LARGE AND STRONG LONG PERIOD...NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE
TO INVADE THE AREA WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST LATE 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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.
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