S. Virgins Islands due to the remnants od a frontal boundary across the forecast area.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Showers affected portions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands due to the remnants od a frontal boundary across the forecast area. An urban and small stream flood advisory was issued for San Juan and vicinity area.
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 Feb 13, 3:16 PM AST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
316 PM AST FRI FEB 13 2015
.SYNOPSIS...A FEW DEEP LAYER LOWS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...HAVING LITTLE TO NO IMPACT
ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...NNW SWELLS GENERATED BY
THESE MIGRATORY LOWS WILL IMPACT THE REGIONAL WATERS AGAIN EARLY
NEXT WEEK. REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE MOISTURE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE WEEKEND.
MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...BRINGING
MORE STABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ISLANDS NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE
LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY. SHOWERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF PUERTO
RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM TIME TO TIME. RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND HALF-INCH SO FAR
THIS AFTERNOON. VILLALBA...CIALES AND AIBONITO EXPERIENCED THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MOVING
FROM THE SW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF PR AND USVI OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. THEN...THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PUSH PASSING
SHOWERS ACROSS THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT.
A WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND A BROAD HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC WILL MAINTAIN THE LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE
EAST TO SOUTHEAST. AS A RESULT...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE OVER THE ISLANDS AGAIN
AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE...PASSING SHOWERS LIKELY
AFFECT THE USVI AND EASTERN PR AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING
FOLLOWED BY MODERATE CONVECTION OVER THE INTERIOR...WEST AND
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN...MID
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THIS RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN THE SUBSIDENCE CAP...SUPPRESSING MOST
OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS PR/USVI MOST OF THE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...PERIODS OF VCSH AND BRIEF MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOME OF THE LOCAL TERMINALS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SHRA ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE INTERIOR...NORTH...AND NE
PR...CAUSING BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS TJSJ. WINDS E TO NE AT 5
TO 15 KTS THEN LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 14/02Z INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
&&
.MARINE...LARGE NNW SWELL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ATLANTIC WATERS
AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. SAN JUAN AND RINCON NEARSHORE BUOYS ARE
STILL SHOWING WAVE HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8-10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
MARINE MODELS ARE UNDER-ESTIMATING A SECOND PULSE OF THIS SWELL
THAT MOVE ACROSS THE OFFSHORE BUOY 41043. THEREFORE...CONTINUE TO
EXPECT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 8-10 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. THE OVERALL SEAS
WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH...HIGH SURF...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE STILL IN
EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY RESPECTIVELY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 73 85 74 86 / 40 30 30 30
STT 74 84 75 85 / 30 30 50 50
&&
.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM AST SATURDAY FOR CULEBRA-MAYAGUEZ
AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING FOR MAYAGUEZ
AND VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-SAN JUAN AND
VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-WESTERN INTERIOR.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL-
NORTHWEST-SAN JUAN AND VICINITY.
VI...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY FOR ST. THOMAS/ST.
JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.
COASTAL WATERS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON AST SATURDAY FOR ANEGADA PASSAGE
SOUTHWARD TO 17N-ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM
10NM TO 19.5N-COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10
NM-COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-MONA
PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT FOR CARIBBEAN
WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-COASTAL WATERS OF
SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM.
&&
25/11HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 622 AM AST FRI FEB 13 2015 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-141030- 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- 622 AM AST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST SWELLS ARE AFFECTING THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS CREATING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH FACING COASTLINES OF MAINLAND PUERTO RICO AND NORTHERN VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. LARGE BREAKING WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. IN ADDITION...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AND NORTHWESTERN COASTLINE OF PUERTO RICO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO SAN JUAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. RESULTING IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ANOTHER SWELL EVENT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-141030- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 622 AM AST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST SWELLS ARE AFFECTING THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS CREATING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. LARGE BREAKING WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO SAN JUAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. RESULTING IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ANOTHER SWELL EVENT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Urban flooding was reported at University Gardens, at intersection with Colombia and Notre Dame streets.
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