Areal Flood Warning 39, NWS JSJ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
457 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...TS IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM PR THIS
MORNING. RAINBANDS TO AFFECT THE ISLAND ALL DAY.

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.DISCUSSION...IRENE MADE LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 125 AM
NEAR PUNTA SANTIAGO. FIRST IMAGES AFTER THE SATELLITE ECLIPSE SHOW
THAT IRENE DEGRADED IN APPEARANCE. HOWEVER...MORE RECENTLY LAST
FEW SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES SHOW IRENE IMPROVING SIGNIFICANTLY
IN ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER
WATER WITH TS FORCE WINDS OVER LAND.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY AND THESE RAINS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
WITH WINDS OF TS FORCE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE RAINS LIKELY
PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING.

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.AVIATION...PREDOMINANT MVFR CONDITIONS WITH TS FORCE WINDS XPCD
THROUGH THE MORNING.

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.MARINE...TS WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST WATERS XCPT ATLC WATERS.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  85  79  89  79 / 100  50  30  30
STT  87  80  89  80 / 100  70  20  20

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.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...HURRICANE WARNING 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.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS 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.

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

     HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
     ISLANDS.

     TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
     ISLANDS.

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