HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 509 AM AST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 515 AM AST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
VERY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH A HIGH SURF
WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN EXPOSED COASTLINES OF PUERTO
RICO UNTIL THIS EVENING. 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.
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE NORTHERN
COASTS OF PUERTO RICO UNTIL THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING PROBLEMS AT HIGHWAYS 686 AND 187 AND THIS
FLOODING SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...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...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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