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FXCA62 TJSJ 242136
AFDSJU

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
536 PM AST FRI OCT 24 2008

.DISCUSSION...LOW TO MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE LOCAL OFF
SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
WEST SOUTHWEST TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC WATERS...THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE MONA PASSAGE AND MOST OF THE NORTHERN COAST OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH
SATURDAY. MODERATE EAST NORTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE AREA WATERS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

BESIDE THE ABOVE AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCE...RELATIVE DRY AIR AND
STABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MODEL GUIDANCE ARE SUGGESTING THE ADVECTION OF MOIST TROPICAL AIR
MASS ASSOCIATED TO A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
NEAR 56W. THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY TO
INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR SOME CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEN...FOR THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK...A MORE DRIER AND STABLE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO
DOMINATE THE LOCAL AREA FOR LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY.

MARINE...LONG PERIOD NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL INVADE THE
REGIONAL WATERS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  77  87  76  89 /  30  30  30  30
STT  76  87  75  90 /  20  30  30  30

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...NONE.
VI...NONE.
&&

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