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FNCA72 TJSJ 231300
FWSSJU
SPOT FORECAST FOR BARGE DEFIANT...U.S. COAST GUARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
900 AM AST MON FEB 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2100 AST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
WITH THIS FORECAST AT
PHONE: 787-253-4586.
DISCUSSION
FOR TODAY (MONDAY), SEAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET, WITH
SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM
THE SOUTHEAST AT 3 TO 12 MPH, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH,
ALONG WITH LOCAL SEA BREEZE VARIATIONS NEAR THE COAST.
BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, A
NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS.
THIS SWELL WILL BUILD SEAS TO 6 TO 8 FEET, WITH PEAK PERIODS
BETWEEN 11 AND 14 SECONDS NEAR THE SITE. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM
WEDNESDAY ONWARD, RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY
THURSDAY AS THE SWELL PEAKS, WITH DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN
10 AND 15 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG EXPOSED NORTH-FACING SHORES.
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AFTER THE PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY.
TUESDAY NIGHT
TIME (AST) 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY (%).........50 70 50
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 30
TEMP............78 77 76
SFC WIND (KTS)..E 7G10 E 7G8 E 8G11
WAVE PERIOD (S).12 12 12
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)3 4 4
WEDNESDAY
TIME (AST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........80 80 80 80
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60
TEMP............76 79 81 81
SFC WIND (KTS)..E 9G13 E 12G16 E 14G19 E 13G18
WAVE PERIOD (S).13 13 14 14
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)7 7 8 8
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TIME (AST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY (%).........70 70 70 70
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50
TEMP............79 78 77 76
SFC WIND (KTS)..E 12G16 E 10G13 E 10G14 E 10G14
WAVE PERIOD (S).14 14 14 14
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)8 8 8 8
THURSDAY
TIME (AST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........60 60 50 50
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 30 30
TEMP............76 80 82 82
SFC WIND (KTS)..E 11G15 E 12G17 E 15G20 E 16G21
WAVE PERIOD (S).14 14 14 14
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)8 8 8 8
FORECASTER...C. ANSELMI
REQUESTED BY...LCDR RAY J. LOPEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...MARINE
.TAG 2603433.0/SJU
.DELDT 02/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RAY.J.LOPEZ@USCG.MIL
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