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AWCA82 TJSJ 040913
RWSPR 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
513 AM AST SAT JUL 4 2009

HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTED OVER THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT AND SOME AFRICAN
DUST WAS NOTICED...BUT OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. SOME
SMALL SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS EVEN AS THE
MORE VIGOROUS SHOWERS FROM THE TROPICAL WAVE PASSING TO THE SOUTH
EXITED THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 80 DEGREES IN THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS AND IN THE 70S AND UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE. WINDS
WERE EASTERLY AROUND 8 TO 12 MPH ON THE COAST AND GENERALLY LIGHT
OR CALM INLAND.

SAHARAN DUST WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...AND THIS WILL MAINTAIN HAZY CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE
WESTERN INTERIOR REGIONS AND SPREAD WEST TO THE COAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND A FEW STREAMERS MAY CAUSE SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN
HALF WEST NORTHWEST OF EL YUNQUE AND DOWN STREAM FROM SAINT CROIX
OR VIEQUES. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 90 ON THE NORTHERN COAST AND THE LOWER 90S IN
THE WARMEST LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EAST NORTHEAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON TODAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER FAST MOVING TROPICAL
WAVE. THAT WAVE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND RAISE THE
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. DRYER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW THIS WAVE. RESIDENTS WILL ALSO
NOTICE GREATLY INCREASED DUST LEVELS FOLLOWING THIS WAVE.

ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS...WINDS WILL BE 20 KNOTS OR LESS WITH
SEAS 7 FEET OR LESS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS
THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE CARIBBEAN WATERS AND LOCAL PASSAGES THROUGH TO A LEAST
SUNDAY.

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