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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1118 AM AST SAT SEP 20 2008

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ATLANTIC WATERS NORTHWARD TO 19.5N AND BETWEEN 64N AND 68W FROM
NORTHWEST COAST OF PUERTO RICO AT PUNTA CADENA EASTWARD TO MOUTH OF
RIO GUAJATACA EXTENDING BEYOND 100 FATHOM LINE TO THE ANEGADA
PASSAGE-
ATLANTIC NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MOUTH OF RIO GUAJATACA EASTWARD TO
CABO SAN JUAN THEN EASTWARD TO CULEBRA ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN AND
ADJACENT ISLANDS OUT TO 100 FATHOM LINE.-
CARIBBEAN WATERS FROM PUNTA VIENTO TO CABO SAN JUAN EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD TO 17N AND EASTWARD TO 64W INCLUDING THE CARIBBEAN WATERS
OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.-
CARIBBEAN WATERS FROM PUNTA VIENTO TO PUNTA MELONES AND THE WATERS
OUTSIDE OF 12 NM FROM PUNTA MELONES TO PUNTA CADENA EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD OF TO 17N AND WESTWARD TO 68W-
1118 AM AST SAT SEP 20 2008

...INCREASING SQUALLS AND DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED
   THROUGH TONIGHT...

A BROAD AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH ELONGATED LOW
PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE EAST CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SOUTH OF THE
MONA PASSAGE...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND INTO
THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL EASTERLY
WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND MOVING INTO THE
LOCAL AREA WILL AID IN THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SQUALLS THAT WILL RACE QUICKLY ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 35 KNOTS...AND LOCALLY HIGH AND STEEP WAVES.

THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS FORECAST TO SHIFT WEST
NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY. SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN
FREQUENCY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...AND MAKE FOR VERY
HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS SOME
POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT
36 HOURS OR SO...AND PRODUCE PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30
KNOTS ACROSS THE AREA WATERS. VERY SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO
REMAIN IN OR NEAR PROTECTED WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY.

STAY TUNED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR
WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN
JUAN.

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