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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this high surf advisory at Jan 24, 2016, 8:44 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 25, 2016, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2016, 8:44 PM CST (02:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2016, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2016, 5:57 PM CST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted.
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WHCA42 TJSJ 250244
CFWSJU
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1044 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
NORTHERLY SWELL EXPECTED TO INVADE THE LOCAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING...CAUSING HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
PRZ001-002-005-008-010-251045-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.160125T1000Z-160126T1200Z/
/O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-
MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-
1044 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 AM AST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 AM AST
TUESDAY.
* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET...
OCCASIONALLY HIGHER.
* LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH
AND THROUGH THE NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO.
* TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF STARTING MONDAY MORNING THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING THROUGH TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG
CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR
BEACH EROSION.
TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES:
SAN JUAN: 1.50 FEET AT 10:21 AM AST MONDAY MORNING.
0.92 FEET AT 10:00 PM AST MONDAY NIGHT.
ARECIBO: 1.75 FEET AT 9:38 AM AST MONDAY MORNING.
1.11 FEET AT 9:41 PM AST MONDAY NIGHT.
AGUADILLA: 1.32 FEET AT 9:25 AM AST MONDAY MORNING.
0.78 FEET AT 9:25 PM AST MONDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.
&&
$$
PRZ012-VIZ001-251045-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.160125T1000Z-160126T1200Z/
/O.EXB.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/
CULEBRA-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-
1044 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 AM AST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 8 AM AST
TUESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET...
OCCASIONALLY HIGHER.
* LOCATION...CULEBRA ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN BEACHES OF SAINT THOMAS
AND SAINT JOHN.
* TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF STARTING MONDAY MORNING THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING THROUGH TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG
CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR
BEACH EROSION.
TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES:
CULEBRA: 1.03 FEET AT 9:56 AM AST MONDAY MORNING.
0.58 FEET AT 9:35 PM AST MONDAY NIGHT.
MAGENS BAY: 1.02 FEET AT 10:18 AM AST MONDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.
&&
$$
PRZ011-013-VIZ002-251045-
/O.EXB.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/
SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX-
1044 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATION...SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...AND THE
NORTHERN FACING BEACHES OF VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX.
* TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
&&
$$10 follow-up statements
205 WHCA42 TJSJ 250900 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 NORTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY... CAUSING HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-251800- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.160125T1000Z-160126T1200Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST TUESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND THROUGH THE NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND FOR THE NORTH FACING BEACHES OF CULEBRA...ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF STARTING THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.50 FEET AT 10:21 AM AST THIS MORNING. 0.92 FEET AT 10:00 PM AST TONIGHT. ARECIBO: 1.75 FEET AT 9:38 AM AST THIS MORNING. 1.11 FEET AT 9:41 PM AST TONIGHT. AGUADILLA: 1.32 FEET AT 9:25 AM AST THIS MORNING. 0.78 FEET AT 9:25 PM AST TONIGHT. ST THOMAS: 1.02 FEET AT 10:18 AM AST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ011-013-VIZ002-251800- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...AND THE NORTHERN FACING BEACHES OF VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
807 WHCA42 TJSJ 250900 CCA CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 NORTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY... CAUSING HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-251800- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.160125T1000Z-160126T1200Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST TUESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND THROUGH THE NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND FOR THE NORTH FACING BEACHES OF CULEBRA...ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF STARTING THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.50 FEET AT 10:21 AM AST THIS MORNING. 0.92 FEET AT 10:00 PM AST TONIGHT. ARECIBO: 1.75 FEET AT 9:38 AM AST THIS MORNING. 1.11 FEET AT 9:41 PM AST TONIGHT. AGUADILLA: 1.32 FEET AT 9:25 AM AST THIS MORNING. 0.78 FEET AT 9:25 PM AST TONIGHT. ST THOMAS: 1.02 FEET AT 10:18 AM AST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ011-013-VIZ002-251800- /O.COR.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160125T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 500 AM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...AND THE NORTHERN FACING BEACHES OF VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
416
WHCA42 TJSJ 251831
CFWSJU
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
231 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016
PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-260230-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/
/O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-
MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA-
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-
231 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST TUESDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12
FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER.
* LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE
NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO
RICO...CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
* TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ALONG THE
NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO
RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN US VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SURF
CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE TOMORROW...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS WEEK.
* IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG
CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR
BEACH EROSION.
TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES:
SAN JUAN: 0.92 FEET AT 10:00 PM AST TONIGHT.
1.43 FEET AT 10:59 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING.
ARECIBO: 1.11 FEET AT 9:41 PM AST TONIGHT.
1.66 FEET AT 10:15 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING.
AGUADILLA: 0.78 FEET AT 9:25 PM AST TONIGHT.
1.24 FEET AT 10:01 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING.
ST THOMAS: 0.94 FEET AT 10:44 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.
&&
$$
PRZ003-007-260230-
/O.EXB.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.160125T2100Z-160128T1800Z/
SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-
231 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATION...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO.
* TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH AT
LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
* IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
&&
$$
PRZ011-013-VIZ002-260230-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX-
231 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATION...SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES
AND SAINT CROIX.
* TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
LOCAL ISLANDS AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
* IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
&&
$$906 WHCA42 TJSJ 260226 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-261500- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ALONG THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN US VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SURF CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE TOMORROW...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS WEEK. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.43 FEET AT 10:59 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. ARECIBO: 1.66 FEET AT 10:15 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. AGUADILLA: 1.24 FEET AT 10:01 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. ST THOMAS: 0.94 FEET AT 10:44 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-261500- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
947 WHCA42 TJSJ 260226 CCA CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-261500- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ALONG THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN US VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SURF CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE TOMORROW...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS WEEK. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.43 FEET AT 10:59 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. ARECIBO: 1.66 FEET AT 10:15 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. AGUADILLA: 1.24 FEET AT 10:01 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. ST THOMAS: 0.94 FEET AT 10:44 AM AST TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-261500- /O.COR.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 1026 PM AST MON JAN 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
044 WHCA42 TJSJ 260901 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-261830- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ALONG THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN US VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SURF CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE TOMORROW...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS WEEK. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.43 FEET AT 10:59 AM AST THIS MORNING. ARECIBO: 1.66 FEET AT 10:15 AM AST THIS MORNING. AGUADILLA: 1.24 FEET AT 10:01 AM AST THIS MORNING. ST THOMAS: 0.94 FEET AT 10:44 AM AST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-261830- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
894 WHCA42 TJSJ 260901 CCA CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-261830- /O.COR.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.COR.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN US VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SURF CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE TONIGHT...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS WEEK. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. TIMES FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDES: SAN JUAN: 1.43 FEET AT 10:59 AM AST THIS MORNING. ARECIBO: 1.66 FEET AT 10:15 AM AST THIS MORNING. AGUADILLA: 1.24 FEET AT 10:01 AM AST THIS MORNING. ST THOMAS: 0.94 FEET AT 10:44 AM AST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-261830- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 501 AM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
389 WHCA42 TJSJ 261836 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ANOTHER PULSE OF NORTH SWELL HAS INVADED THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING THE OVERALL SEAS RELATIVELY HIGH AT 6-8 FEET. THIS SWELL WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM IF THE CURRENT TREND CONTINUES. HOWEVER...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-270000- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-270000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
863 WHCA42 TJSJ 261836 CCA CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ANOTHER PULSE OF NORTH SWELL HAS INVADED THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING THE OVERALL SEAS RELATIVELY HIGH AT 6 TO 8 FEET. THIS SWELL WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM IF THE CURRENT TREND CONTINUES. HOWEVER...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THURSDAY. PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-270000- /O.CON.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. * LOCATION...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WAVES THAT CAN SWEEP OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES. STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-270000- /O.COR.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 236 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WAVES AND WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
262 WHCA42 TJSJ 262357 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 757 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-270900- /O.CAN.TJSJ.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/ /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS- 757 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. HIGH SURF CRITERIA IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER ROUGH SURF AND BREAKING WAVE HEIGHT OF 5 TO 9 FEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THEREFORE...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ PRZ003-007-011-013-VIZ002-270900- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-ST CROIX- 757 PM AST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...SOUTH...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WAVES AND WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Jan 24, 12:54 PM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 12:54 PM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
254 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
.SYNOPSIS...A MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD...AS A DEEP POLAR TROUGH MOVES ACROSS
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH ASSOCIATED SHEARLINE APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST ON MONDAY. A RIDGE PATTERN ALOFT WILL RE-ESTABLISH ACROSS
THE AREA BY MIDWEEK. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL
THROUGH MONDAY...BECOMING MORE EASTERLY AND STRONGER ON TUESDAY
AS SHEARLINE WEAKENS AND SURFACE HIGH BUILDS NORTH OF THE AREA.
&&
.DISCUSSION...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PASSING SHOWERS
OBSERVED ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN QUADRANT OF PUERTO RICO.
HOWEVER...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY
WERE MINIMAL. WINDS OVER LAND WERE FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15
TO 20 MPH WITH SOME SEA BREEZE VARIATIONS.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH TUESDAY...AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SHEARLINE MOVES CLOSER TO
THE LOCAL ISLANDS WHILE DISSIPATING. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTED BULK
OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE OVER THE MONA PASSAGE AS
WELL AS THE ATLANTIC WATERS...AND POSSIBLY THE WESTERN HALF OF
PUERTO RICO. AS RIDGE ALOFT ERODES...THE BASE OF THE POLAR TROUGH
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY INCREASING
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. THEREFORE...UNDER INCREASING MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ALOFT...SHOWER ACTIVITY LIKELY ON MONDAY WITH EVEN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE NORTHWESTERN
QUADRANT OF FORECAST AREA.
AS RIDGE ALOFT RE-ESTABLISHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL ERODE ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN. HOWEVER...A
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
TIGHTENING THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT. TRADES WILL THEN BRING
PATCHES OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM TIME TO TIME...RESULTING IN
PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS WINDWARD AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. LIMITED
AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY UNDER RIDGE PATTERN AT ALL
LEVELS. ANOTHER SHEARLINE WILL APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDS EXPECTED AT THE LEEWARD AND USVI TERMINALS
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD ALTHOUGH BRIEF MVFR IS POSSIBLE WITH
SCT TO BKN CEILING AT FLV016 AND FLV020 IN TNCM/TKPK. VFR CONDS
EXPECTED AT TAF SITES IN PR BUT MTN OBSCURATIONS WILL CONT THRU
25/02Z. BRIEF -SHRA/SHRA ARE EXPECTED TO MOVED ACROSS TJPS/TJMZ
TJBQ/TJSJ/TIST/TISX FROM TIME TO TIME. SE SFC WINDS AT 15 TO 21
KNOTS AND BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT
AS A WNW SWELL MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND LOCAL
PASSAGES. THE MONA PASSAGE...THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN WATERS
OF PUERTO RICO WERE INCLUDED IN THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND UPDATES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 74 85 75 85 / 20 40 30 40
STT 75 85 74 84 / 20 30 40 40
&&
.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MAYAGUEZ AND
VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-SAN JUAN AND
VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-WESTERN INTERIOR.
VI...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM AST MONDAY FOR COASTAL
WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS OF
NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD
TO 17N.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM MONDAY TO 2 PM AST THURSDAY FOR
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N.
&&
27/23Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:23 AM CST, 17 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 523 AM AST SUN JAN 24 2016 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-250930- 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- 523 AM AST SUN JAN 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT .RIP CURRENTS...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE NORTHWEST TROUGH NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO. THE RISK OF RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE TO OTHER BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LARGE SWELL EVENT IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK. THIS LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AS WELL AS LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RIP CURRENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-250930- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 523 AM AST SUN JAN 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LARGE SWELL EVENT IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK. THIS LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AS WELL AS LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:31 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
731 PM AST SUN JAN 24 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLOOD PONCE 17.99N 66.61W
01/24/2016 PONCE PR COCORAHS
FLOODING REPORTED IN PLAZA DEL CARIBE IN PONCE. FLOOD
WATERS THAT REACHED THE DOORS OF THE VEHICLES IN THE
PARKING LOT.
0500 PM HEAVY RAIN PONCE 17.99N 66.61W
01/24/2016 M0.00 INCH PONCE PR COCORAHS
OBSERVER REPORTED 1.39 INCHES OF RAIN IN HIS RAIN GAUGE.
&&
JALAMOThe office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 8:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 2 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in Puerto Rico, 2016High Surf Advisories in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2016Every high surf advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.