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FXCA20 KWBC 161224
PMDCA
TROPICAL DISCUSSION - INTERNATIONAL DESKS
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
723 AM EST THU FEB 16 2023
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE USVI FROM FEB
16/12UTC: TODAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMNANTS COMING FROM THE
NORTH ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE ISLANDS. LOCAL
WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED...TO AROUND 20KT. PRECIPITABLE WATER
MAY INCREASE TO ABOUT 1.4 INCHES AND AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION
IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF PUERTO RICO CAN BE OBSERVED. AREAS MAY
OBSERVE AMOUNTS OVER 0.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL...LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
OVER 1 INCH AROUND THE LUQUILLO MOUNTAIN RANGE CAN BE OBSERVED.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH
INTO THE CARIBBEAN BASIN AND DRY AIR IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW BEHIND
BY FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE OBSERVED
AT AROUND 20KT FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. A MID-LEVEL RIDGE
CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND EXTENDING OVER THE
CARIBBEAN BASIN...WILL BRING A TRADE WIND CAP AT AROUND 800-850HPA
LEVEL FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WINDS
DECREASE TO AROUND 15KT AND PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS REMAIN AT
ABOUT THE 1 INCH MARK AND BELOW. A MORE TYPICAL PATTERN OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAINFALL ACROSS
NORTH AND EASTERN PR...AND THE USVI...IN THE MORNING AND EVENING
HOURS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OBSERVED MAY BE BELOW 0.3 INCHES ON
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
ACOSTA/ALAMO...WPC (USA)
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