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HWOSJU
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
538 AM AST SAT AUG 15 2020
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
538 AM AST SAT AUG 15 2020
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN PUERTO RICO.
FLOODING
HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WAVES
CHOPPY SEAS UP TO 6 FEET EXPECTED ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE ANEGADA PASSAGE.
RIP CURRENTS
THERE IS A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE BEACHES
ALONG THE NORTH, AND SOME IN THE SOUTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO, AS
WELL AS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BEACHES OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA.
HEAT
HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ACROSS
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SEAS WILL REMAIN CHOPPY ESPECIALLY OVER THE ATLANTIC AND ANEGADA
PASSAGE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY DUE TO WINDS AND THE EFFECTS OF
DISTANT TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SEVERAL BEACHES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE STILL FORECAST
TO PASS WELL TO OUR NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY BRING
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH
MONDAY. THEREFORE MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN ISOLATED
AREAS OR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS,
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PLEASE RELAY ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT WINDS, WAVES, AND RIP CURRENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SAN JUAN WHILE FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL AND STATE GUIDELINES.
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ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
538 AM AST SAT AUG 15 2020
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT
WAVES
CHOPPY SEAS UP TO 6 FEET EXPECTED ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE ANEGADA PASSAGE.
RIP CURRENTS
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS SOME
OF THE EASTERN BEACHES OF SAINT CROIX AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SOUTHERN
BEACHES OF SAINT JOHN.
HEAT
HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY SURPASS 100 DEGREES NOT ONLY IN SAINT
CROIX, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE NORTHERN ISLANDS AS WELL.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SEAS WILL REMAIN CHOPPY ESPECIALLY OVER THE ATLANTIC AND ANEGADA
PASSAGE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY DUE TO WINDS AND THE EFFECTS OF
DISTANT TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SEVERAL BEACHES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE STILL FORECAST
TO PASS WELL TO OUR NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY BRING
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH
MONDAY. THEREFORE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PLEASE RELAY ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT WINDS, WAVES, AND RIP CURRENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SAN JUAN WHILE FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL AND STATE GUIDELINES.
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