Flash Flood Warning 120, NWS JSJ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
313 PM AST THU OCT 7 2010

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM OTTO CONTINUES TO MOVES VERY SLOWLY
NORTH OF PUERTO RICO. OTTO IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATED TOWARDS THE
NORTH NORTHEAST THE NEXT TWO DAYS....MOVING AWAY FROM THE LOCAL
AREA. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC STARTING SUNDAY. A MORE TYPICAL WIND FLOW WILL ESTABLISH
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...PERSISTENT RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...HAS BEEN
AFFECTING PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE LAST
12 HOURS TO 18 HOURS. THIS PERSISTENT RAINFALL HAS BEEN PRODUCING
NUMEROUS FLASH FLOODING...RIVERS OUT OF ITS BANKS..AND MUDSLIDES
ACROSS MUCH OF PUERTO RICO AS WELL ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
THE LARGE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM OTTO...IS
BRINGING DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...IN A
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW. THIS MOIST ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 600 PM AST FRIDAY.

OTTO IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SUNDAY...CREATING A MORE SOUTHEAST
WIND FLOW ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. ALSO...A DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO
MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. ALTHOUGH DRIER AIR IS
EXPECTED...ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA
DURING THE WEEKEND TO PRODUCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR
AND NORTHWEST SECTION OF PUERTO RICO. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WET SCENARIO.

&&

.AVIATION...PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL
TAF SITES TONIGHT...IN PASSING SHRA AND POSSIBLE TSRA.

&&

.MARINE...HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL
COASTAL WATERS AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS TROPICAL STORM
OTTO CONTINUES TO LINGER NORTH OF THE AREA.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...MOST RIVERS IN PUERTO RICO CONTINUES VERY HIGH..WITH
RIO CIBUCO...RIO LA PLATA...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI...RIO
GUANAJIBO...AND RIO CULEBRINAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SEVERAL FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECTS ALONG THIS RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES...AND
RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS IS
EXPECTED TO AFFECT PUERTO RICO THE REST OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  77  89  77  88 /  50  50  40  50
STT  79  89  79  87 /  80  80  50  40

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-
     CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH
     CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND
     VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

 SCA...AMZ710...712...715...722...725...732...735...741...742...745.

VI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ST CROIX-ST.
     THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.

 SCA...AMZ710...712...715...722...725...732...735...741...742...745.

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