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AWCA82 TJSJ 080936
RWSPR 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
536 AM AST SUN NOV 8 2009

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES...CULEBRA
AND THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT. WEATHER DOPPLER
RADAR DETECTED MAINLY LIGHT PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA WATERS
AND OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN OF THE ISLAND. WINDS WERE EAST
AT 10 MPH OR LESS.

A NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR IN THE PRESENT WEATHER CONDITIONS  
LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE LOCAL ISLANDS FROM THE NORTH...WHILE
UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR AN ACTIVE
WEATHER PATTERN. THE EXPECTED NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL FOCUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SLOPES AND THE
EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWER
EPISODES AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE ISLAND AND
COASTAL WATERS MAINLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS...MARINERS SHOULD EXPECT WINDS OF 16 KNOTS
OR LESS AND SEAS OF 6 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE DAY. MARINE
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS LARGE NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN
TO IMPACT THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS
EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY FOR THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC
WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES.

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