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TROPICAL DISCUSSION - INTERNATIONAL DESKS
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
735 AM EST FRI MAR 03 2023
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE USVI FROM MAR
03/12UTC: TODAY...PATCHES OF MOISTURE WILL AFFECT THE ISLANDS AND
WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF
PUERTO RICO AND THE LUQUILLO MOUNTAIN RANGE. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS
EXPECTED TO STAY AT AROUND 1 INCH AND HUMIDITY TO STAY BELOW
AVERAGE AT ABOUT 40%. PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO STAY
BELOW 0.2 INCHES WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE WEST.
FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS...A PATTERN OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS IS EXPECTED. THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE IS MOVING EASTWARD FROM
THE BAHAMAS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BY SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY
EVENING...THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AND THE
TRADE WIND INVERSION CAP WILL BEGIN TO BREAK. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
FAVOR DEEPER CONVECTION OVER THE ISLANDS FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK. OVER THE WEEKEND...HUMIDITY LEVELS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER
INCREASE TO AVERAGE LEVELS...WHERE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ARE FORECAST
TO HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 1.4 INCHES IN PRECIPITABLE
WATER AND AROUND 60% IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. AFTERWARDS...THESE
CONDITIONS MAY RETURN TO BELOW AVERAGE. OVERALL... NO SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OVER
PUERTO RICO ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW 0.25 INCHES FOR THE NEXT
FIVE DAYS.
ACOSTA...WPC (USA)
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