000 FLCA42 TJSJ 281019 HWOSJU HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 619 AM AST MON APR 28 2008 AMZ710>750-PRZ001>013-291030- 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- 619 AM AST MON APR 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS MORNING... AND THERE IS LESS MOISTURE AVAILABLE THAN YESTERDAY. HOWEVER... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY TO CREATE TYPICAL SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND WEST OF THE ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TO AFFECT THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN METRO AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE AND SHOULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. LOCAL SOILS ARE AT OR NEAR SATURATED ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND...AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR MUDSLIDES. ALSO...MORE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS. MODERATE SIZED LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...SHOALS...AND BEACHES EXPOSED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AND IN TURN GENERATE RIP CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE TYPICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT BREAKING WAVES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL REEFS...SHOALS...AND BEACHES EXPOSED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AND IN TURN GENERATE RIP CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AGAIN TODAY. $$ AMZ720-730-VIZ001-002-291030- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 619 AM AST MON APR 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS MORNING... AND THERE IS LESS MOISTURE AVAILABLE THAN YESTERDAY. HOWEVER... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY TO CREATE TYPICAL SCATTERED LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN RAINBANDS ACROSS WEST SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. LOCAL SOILS ARE AT OR NEAR SATURATED ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF ST CROIX...AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR MUDSLIDES...AS WELL AS URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING. MODERATE SIZED LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...SHOALS...AND BEACHES EXPOSED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AND IN TURN GENERATE RIP CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE TYPICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT BREAKING WAVES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL REEFS...SHOALS...AND BEACHES EXPOSED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AND IN TURN GENERATE RIP CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. $$