Puerto Rico, 2005

Strong Wind in Puerto Rico, September 10, 2005

September 10, 2005 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$6,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 10, 5:55 AM AST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 5:55 AM AST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
555 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE WEST TOWARD THE LOCAL AREA
TODAY...THEN PASS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY. MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL COMBINE WITH
LOCAL EFFECTS TO PRODUCE SOME CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL
AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND AT LEAST SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING ARE PROBABLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

AFTER A BRIEF PATCH OF SLIGHTLY LESS MOIST AIR EARLY TONIGHT...
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AND SHOULD ALSO INTERACT WITH LOCAL EFFECTS TO PRODUCE MORE
CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS. BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY AND THEN CONTINUING
THROUGH TUESDAY AND PROBABLY WEDNESDAY...A MUCH LESS MOIST AND MORE
STABLE AIR MASS SHOULD ENCOMPASS THE LOCAL ISLANDS...WITH ONLY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNALLY INDUCED ACTIVITY EXPECTED EACH DAY.

&&

.MARINE...EXPECT WINDS OF 19 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS OF AROUND 5 FEET
OR LESS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE A COMBO OF SMALL TO MODERATE NORTH SWELLS FROM
TROPICAL STORM NATE AND MODERATE NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM
TROPICAL STORM MARIA AFFECTING THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.EQUIPMENT...SAN JUAN WSR-88D REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE. FAA TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND ARE SCHEDULED TO
CHECK THE RADAR AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  90  78  92  78 /  50  20  50  20
STT  91  78  91  78 /  50  40  50  50

&&

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

BCS

Event by event

1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Northwest

When
September 10, 2:20 PM AST to 2:25 PM AST
Where
Northwest forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$6,000
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Strong gusty winds were reported at Barrio Atalaya in Aguada as the outflow from a fast moving showers blew away several zinc roofs and downed a power pole.

What these are

Strong Wind
Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5475801.