Seas between 6 to 8 feet produced dangerous marine conditions along the north coast of Puerto Rico. Dangerous Rip current occurred along the north facing beaches of Puerto Rico.
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.
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Seas between 6 to 8 feet produced dangerous marine conditions along the north coast of Puerto Rico. Dangerous Rip current occurred along the north facing beaches of Puerto Rico.
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 Mar 18, 3:55 PM AST, 2 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Juan PR 355 PM AST Sat Mar 18 2017 .SYNOPSIS...The chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase during the upcoming week as plenty of moisture pools across the area combined with favorable upper level dynamics. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight thru Tue... Ridge aloft will continue to erode as a broad mid to upper level trough moves across the western and central Atlantic tonight-Sun. At lower levels, moisture is expected to pool across the local islands as a surface front and associated prefrontal trough approaches the forecast area Mon-Tue. This feature will also result in winds shifting south southeast by Monday, becoming more east southeast on Tue. Therefore under this evolving pattern, weather conditions will become favorable for shower activity across the forecast area, particularly Mon-Tue. Passing showers are expected to prevail across the USVI and eastern Puerto Rico, spreading across north and west Puerto Rico each afternoon. The afternoon activity across western sections of the island is mainly associated to local effects and available moisture. .LONG TERM...Wed thru Day 8 /issued 454 AM AST Sat Mar 18 2017... Wednesday through Sunday we will be under the right entrance of the sub-tropical jet. This will enhance vertical motion and cause precipitable water values to rise to almost 2 inches by Friday and Saturday for a round of showers and better chances for local urban and small stream flooding. Moisture and cloudiness continue through the weekend as the tail of the upper level jet remains just north of the area. && .AVIATION...Mostly VFR conditions expected during the forecast period across the local flying area. VCSH are expected across the Leewards, USVI and eastern PR taf sites. Winds will remain from the E to ENE between 10 to 20 kts with higher gusts all the way from the surface to 16k feet becomimg from the west and stronger aloft. Between 18/17Z-18/22Z MVFR conditions are possible in SHRA mainly near TJBQ and TJMZ. && .MARINE...Seas and swell will begin to subside tonight through Sun, however another swell group will arrive from the northwest on Wed. Hazardous seas expected mainly across the offshore Atlantic waters. A moderate to high risk of rip currents continues across the Atlantic shorelines. Seas 6 to 8 feet through the weekend under moderate easterly winds. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 74 86 73 85 / 30 30 40 50 STT 74 83 73 82 / 50 50 50 50 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...High Rip Current Risk through Sunday afternoon for North Central- Northeast-Northwest-San Juan and Vicinity-Southeast-Western Interior. High Rip Current Risk until 6 PM AST this evening for Culebra- Vieques. VI...High Rip Current Risk through Sunday afternoon for St Croix. High Rip Current Risk until 6 PM AST this evening for St.Thomas...St. John...and Adjacent Islands. AM...Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM AST Sunday for Caribbean Waters of Puerto Rico from 10 NM to 17N-Coastal Waters OF Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM-Coastal Waters of Northern Puerto Rico out 10 NM-Coastal Waters of Northern USVI and Culebra out 10 NM- Coastal Waters of Southern USVI Vieques and Eastern Puerto Rico out 10 NM-Mona Passage Southward to 17N. Small Craft Advisory until 2 AM AST Monday for Atlantic Waters of Puerto Rico and USVI from 10 NM to 19.5N. Small Craft Advisory until 2 PM AST Sunday for Anegada Passage Southward to 17N. && SHORT TERM...OM AVIATION....JF
Perspectivas sobre condiciones peligrosas del tiempo Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia San Juan PR 447 AM AST sabado 18 de marzo de 2017 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-190900- San Juan y vecindad-noreste-sureste- este interior-norte central-interior central- Ponce y vecindad- Noroeste-oeste interior-Mayaguez y vecindad-suroeste-Culebra-Vieques- Aguas costeras y lejos de la costa del Atlantico y aguas costeras del Caribe- 447 AM AST sabado 18 de marzo de 2017 Esta perspectiva sobre las condiciones peligrosas del tiempo es para Puerto Rico y las aguas costeras adyacentes del Atlantico. .Dia uno...Hoy y esta noche .Vientos...Se esperan vientos sostenidos en exceso de 18 nudos/20 mph mayormente a traves de las aguas costeras. .Olas...Se espera oleaje picado entre 6 y 8 pies a traves de la mayoria de las aguas costeras excepto para las aguas costeras del suroeste de Puerto Rico. .Corrientes submarinas...Existe un riesgo alto de corrientes submarinas para las playas del noroeste hasta el noreste de Puerto Rico incluyendo a Culebra y la punta este de Vieques. .Dias dos a siete...domingo a viernes El riesgo de corrientes submarinas permanecera alto hasta por lo menos el domingo para las playas orientadas hacia el norte. Algunas inundaciones urbanas y de riachuelos son posibles el lunes y martes a medida que una zona frontal se aproxime a la region. .Comunicado sobre informacion reportada por observadores... No se anticipa activacion amplia de observadores, sin embargo, se les exhorta a los observadores individuales a reportar ocurrencias significativas relacionadas al tiempo y corrientes submarinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en San Juan. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-190900- San Tomas, San John e islas adyacentes- Santa Cruz-Aguas cerca de la costa del Atlantico y aguas costeras adyacentes del Caribe- 447 AM AST sabado 18 de marzo de 2017 Esta perspectiva sobre las condiciones del tiempo peligrosas es para Puerto Rico y las aguas costeras adyacentes del Atlantico. .Dia uno...Hoy y esta noche .Vientos...Se esperan vientos sostenidos en exceso de 18 mph/20 nudos mayormente a traves de las aguas costeras. .Olas...Se espera oleaje picado entre 6 y 8 pies a traves de la mayoria de las aguas costeras. .Corrientes submarinas...Existe un riesgo alto de corrientes submarinas para las playas del norte y este de Santa Cruz y para las playas del noroeste de San Thomas. .Dias dos a siete...domingo a viernes Un riesgo alto de corrientes submarinas se espera para la mayoria de las playas orientadas hacia el norte y este hasta por lo menos temprano el domingo. Un aumento en la actividad de lluvia podria resultar acumulacion de agua en la carreteras y en areas de pobre drenaje el lunes y martes. .Comunicado sobre informacion reportada por observadores... No se anticipa activacion amplia de observadores, sin embargo, se les exhorta a los observadores individuales a reportar ocurrencias significativas relacionadas al tiempo y corrientes submarinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en San Juan.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 29 year old women from Guaynabo municipality drowned at Poza Las Mujeres in Manati. Reports indicated she was dragged by Rip Currents.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, North Central | 2017-03-18 | 29 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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