Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 5:20:03 GMT -6
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
509 AM AST THU JAN 1 2015
.SYNOPSIS...AT UPPER LEVELS...A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN
OVER THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OVER THE WEEKEND AND DIG INTO
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FROM THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN
WILL KEEP FLOW NORTHERLY UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
AT MID LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES WILL
BECOME CENTERED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS BY SATURDAY.
LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC WILL STRENGTHEN
BRIEFLY MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. ONLY LIMITED MOISTURE IS EXPECTED AT
MID LEVELS...MAINLY FRIDAY AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE MID LEVELS
CONTINUE VERY DRY.
AT LOWER LEVELS...HIGHER PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH AND
BUILD NOW THROUGH SUNDAY CAUSING A GRADUAL BUT SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE TRADE WINDS. WINDS WILL NOT SUBSIDE TO CURRENT
LEVELS UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS WERE MUCH FEWER THIS MORNING...BUT A FEW
MOVED THROUGH THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND INLAND OVER EASTERN
PUERTO RICO WITH SLIGHT OR NO ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST AREAS...BUT
OVER ONE QUARTER INCH IN SMALL AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE LUQUILLO RANGE. MEASURABLE AMOUNTS WERE NOT REPORTED IN THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS OR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN JUAN TO GUAYAMA.
THE MIMIC PRODUCT SHOWED A WIDE AREA OF MODEST MOISTURE IN THE
WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
SOUTH OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR THE MOISTURE TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST...WHICH IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG. NEVERTHELESS THE BEST
MOISTURE OF THE WEEK ACCORDING TO THE GFS WILL BE AROUND 1.5
INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY
IMMEDIATE DRYING AND ANOTHER PEAK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SLOTS OF
DRIER AIR WILL OCCUR LATER NEXT WEEK...BUT IN GENERAL FRESH TO
STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CARRY BRIEF PASSING SHOWERS WITH VERY
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF
THIS WEEK AND MOST OF NEXT. EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE THE SOUTH COAST
OF PUERTO RICO WHICH WILL SEE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THE
WEEK. THE TOP OF THE MOIST LAYER WILL GENERALLY BE 6 TO 9
THOUSAND FEET.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL THE TAF SITES THRU THE
FORECAST PERIOD. BRIEF MVFR CIGS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE LEEWARD AND
USVI TERMINALS IN PASSING SHRA. EASTERLY WINDS OF 15-20 KT EXPECTED
BELOW FL200 THRU FRI MORNING...THEN WIND SPEEDS INCREASE LATE
FRIDAY TO 20-30 KT AND CONTINUE THRU THE WEEKEND.
&&
.MARINE...SEAS ARE ENTIRELY BELOW 6 FEET AT THE PRESENT MOMENT
FROM AS FAR OUT AS BUOY 41043 TO THE LOCAL INNER WATERS.
INCREASING WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL BRING A FEW LOCAL AREAS TO 6
FEET...BUT MOST INCREASES IN SEAS WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOON
FRIDAY. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FRIDAY NOON TO
SATURDAY NOON...FOLLOWED BY HIGHER SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
ARE EXPECTED EITHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR LATER THAT EVENING FOR
MOST WATERS EXCEPT THOSE PROTECTED FROM EASTERLY WINDS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 85 74 84 72 / 30 40 60 50
STT 84 77 86 76 / 20 20 40 40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
509 AM AST THU JAN 1 2015
.SYNOPSIS...AT UPPER LEVELS...A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN
OVER THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OVER THE WEEKEND AND DIG INTO
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FROM THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN
WILL KEEP FLOW NORTHERLY UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
AT MID LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES WILL
BECOME CENTERED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS BY SATURDAY.
LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC WILL STRENGTHEN
BRIEFLY MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. ONLY LIMITED MOISTURE IS EXPECTED AT
MID LEVELS...MAINLY FRIDAY AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE MID LEVELS
CONTINUE VERY DRY.
AT LOWER LEVELS...HIGHER PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH AND
BUILD NOW THROUGH SUNDAY CAUSING A GRADUAL BUT SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE TRADE WINDS. WINDS WILL NOT SUBSIDE TO CURRENT
LEVELS UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS WERE MUCH FEWER THIS MORNING...BUT A FEW
MOVED THROUGH THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND INLAND OVER EASTERN
PUERTO RICO WITH SLIGHT OR NO ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST AREAS...BUT
OVER ONE QUARTER INCH IN SMALL AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE LUQUILLO RANGE. MEASURABLE AMOUNTS WERE NOT REPORTED IN THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS OR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN JUAN TO GUAYAMA.
THE MIMIC PRODUCT SHOWED A WIDE AREA OF MODEST MOISTURE IN THE
WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
SOUTH OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR THE MOISTURE TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST...WHICH IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG. NEVERTHELESS THE BEST
MOISTURE OF THE WEEK ACCORDING TO THE GFS WILL BE AROUND 1.5
INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY
IMMEDIATE DRYING AND ANOTHER PEAK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SLOTS OF
DRIER AIR WILL OCCUR LATER NEXT WEEK...BUT IN GENERAL FRESH TO
STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CARRY BRIEF PASSING SHOWERS WITH VERY
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF
THIS WEEK AND MOST OF NEXT. EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE THE SOUTH COAST
OF PUERTO RICO WHICH WILL SEE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THE
WEEK. THE TOP OF THE MOIST LAYER WILL GENERALLY BE 6 TO 9
THOUSAND FEET.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL THE TAF SITES THRU THE
FORECAST PERIOD. BRIEF MVFR CIGS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE LEEWARD AND
USVI TERMINALS IN PASSING SHRA. EASTERLY WINDS OF 15-20 KT EXPECTED
BELOW FL200 THRU FRI MORNING...THEN WIND SPEEDS INCREASE LATE
FRIDAY TO 20-30 KT AND CONTINUE THRU THE WEEKEND.
&&
.MARINE...SEAS ARE ENTIRELY BELOW 6 FEET AT THE PRESENT MOMENT
FROM AS FAR OUT AS BUOY 41043 TO THE LOCAL INNER WATERS.
INCREASING WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL BRING A FEW LOCAL AREAS TO 6
FEET...BUT MOST INCREASES IN SEAS WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOON
FRIDAY. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FRIDAY NOON TO
SATURDAY NOON...FOLLOWED BY HIGHER SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
ARE EXPECTED EITHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR LATER THAT EVENING FOR
MOST WATERS EXCEPT THOSE PROTECTED FROM EASTERLY WINDS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 85 74 84 72 / 30 40 60 50
STT 84 77 86 76 / 20 20 40 40