Wind Advisory 7, NWS JSJ

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WWCA72 TJSJ 141024 CCA
NPWSJU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
529 AM AST FRI DEC 14 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR HIGHER...

PRZ001>010-141730-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.WI.Y.0007.071214T1000Z-071214T2100Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-
529 AM AST FRI DEC 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ELEVATIONS 1000 FEET OR HIGHER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR HIGHER...IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM AST
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM AST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF PUERTO
RICO...AND MAY LATER INCLUDE THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY.

THE PREVAILING EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REESTABLISHES ITSELF NORTH
OF THE LOCAL AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
THEREFORE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET AND ABOVE THIS
MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR
GREATER ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE. TRUCKS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAINS PASSES.

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JFR/RAM

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WWCA72 TJSJ 141848
NPWSJU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
248 PM AST FRI DEC 14 2007

...WINDS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ELEVATIONS
OF 1000 FEET OR HIGHER...

PRZ001>010-142000-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071214T2100Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-
248 PM AST FRI DEC 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET OR HIGHER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON.  

WITHIN THE PAST THREE HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR WIND PROFILER HAS
SHOWED AN AVERAGE OF 20 KNOTS AT 4000 THOUSAND FEET. ALSO...AT THE
COASTS...DIFFERENT WEATHER STATIONS HAVE REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST
FEW HOURS...WIND AVERAGING BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY
HIGHER GUSTS. 

BY DEFINITION...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN...SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

SINCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN WINDS OF 25 MPH OR HIGHER...NEITHER AT THE
SURFACE OR AT 4000 THOUSAND FEET WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON...WAS ALLOWED TO CANCEL.


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