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Small Craft Advisory 12, NWS JSJ

April 9, 2009

NWS JSJ issued this small craft advisory at Apr 9, 2009, 10:56 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2009, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 2:32 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Apr 9, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
545 AM AST THU APR 9 2009

.DISCUSSION...AT MID TO UPPER LEVELS...A COUPLE OF WEAK
DISTURBANCES WILL PASS ACROSS OR JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA
TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THE FIRST OF THESE FEATURES WILL
COMBINE WITH AN INCREASE IN AVAILABLE MOISTURE LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT FROM A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PASSING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE
FA...TO RESULT IN A BIT MORE CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS. MID TO UPPER
RIDGE TENDS TO BUILD A BIT LATER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN
GENERALLY HANGS ON INTO OR THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE RIDGE
FLATTENS AND WEAKENS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND THEN CONTINUES
THROUGH MONDAY. WITH LESS CAPPING...BETTER VENTILATION AND
SOMEWHAT DEEPER MOISTURE (AT LEAST IN BANDS AND PATCHES) DURING
PART OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AND PROBABLY TUESDAY...WOULD
EXPECT ANOTHER NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS AND
SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS...BUT AT THIS POINT...STILL DO
NOT EXPECT A PERSISTENT OR WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS ALL OF
PUERTO RICOS LOCAL TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...EXCEPT FOR
PERIODS OF MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS AND MODERATE SHOWERS BETWEEN TJMZ
AND TJBQ BETWEEN 08/18 AND 08/22Z. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ARE
LIKELY IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME OVER THE HIGHER CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
OF PUERTO RICO. IN THE VICINITY OF THE USVI...MOSTLY VFR
CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS BUT BRIEF MVFR NEAR TNCM AND TKPK DUE TO
CEILINGS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...EXPECT WINDS OF 21 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS OF 6 FEET OR
LESS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  86  74  85  74 /  20  20  20  20
STT  83  72  83  72 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...NONE.
VI...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
733 AM AST THU APR 9 2009

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-101145-
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-
733 AM AST THU APR 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-101145-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
733 AM AST THU APR 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:56 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	JSJ	16 hr
Apr 9, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Apr 9, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.