Post conditions in PR,Culebra,Vieques,VI,St Marteen

[cycloneye]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 AM AST FRI JUL 29 2005

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-301030-
630 AM AST FRI JUL 29 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
STRONG TROPICAL WAVE...WITH SURFACE LOW CENTER NEAR 17.5N 61W AT 5
AM...MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH...WILL SPREAD ACTIVE WEATHER
CONDITIONS OVER PUERTO RICO TODAY. THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE LOCAL AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM ADVISORIES AND EVEN FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNING TO BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY.

[bvigal]

Good morning fellow islanders!

Here in BVI this morning (7am) we have partly cloudy skies, winds light and variable NE, temp 84, dewpoint 75, pressure 29.96. Radar shows some showers coming in.

Special Montserrat zoomed IR really shows the rapid building of showers since 6am.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/DATA/rtgif ... _long.html

[bvigal]

St. Kitts readings in now. Winds still NE.
7 AM (11) Jul 29 78 (26) 77 (25) 29.91 (1013) NE 9
6 AM (10) Jul 29 78 (26) 77 (25) 29.91 (1013) ENE 14 light rain showers
11 PM (3) Jul 28 78 (26) 75 (24) 30.00 (1016) NNE 10

[schmita]

Forget the blue skies. Totally grey and overcast now. I guess our rain event will be starting shortly.

[msbee]

right now we are having a shower. and it is windy. I can hear thunder in the distance.
we had about a half an inch of rain early this morning. Looks like it will be a rainy day all day.

Current Weather Conditions:
Juliana Airport, Saint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
(TNCM) 18-03N 063-07W 9M
Conditions at

2005.07.29 1200 UTC
Wind from the ENE (060 degrees) at 14 MPH (12 KT)
Visibility greater than 7 mile(s)
Sky conditions mostly cloudy
Weather Cumulonimbus clouds, towering cumulus clouds observed
Temperature 82 F (28 C)
Dew Point 73 F (23 C)
Relative Humidity 74%
Pressure (altimeter) 29.97 in. Hg (1015 hPa)
ob TNCM 291200Z 06012KT 9999 SCT017TCU BKN270 28/23 Q1015 CB/TCU SE
24 Hour Summary

Time
EDT (UTC) Temperature
F (C) Dew Point
F (C) Pressure
Inches (hPa) Wind
MPH Weather
Latest 8 AM (12) Jul 29 82 (28) 73 (23) 29.97 (1015) ENE 14
7 AM (11) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 29.94 (1014) ENE 14
6 AM (10) Jul 29 78 (26) 71 (22) 29.94 (1014) ENE 21
5 AM (9) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 29.94 (1014) ENE 20
4 AM (8) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 29.94 (1014) ENE 13
3 AM (7) Jul 29 78 (26) 73 (23) 29.94 (1014) ENE 14
2 AM (6) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 29.97 (1015) ENE 10
1 AM (5) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 30.00 (1016) ENE 10
Midnight (4) Jul 29 80 (27) 73 (23) 30.00 (1016) ENE 15
11 PM (3) Jul 28 82 (28) 73 (23) 30.03 (1017) ENE 15
10 PM (2) Jul 28 82 (28) 73 (23) 30.03 (1017) ENE 14
9 PM (1) Jul 28 82 (28) 75 (24) 30.03 (1017) ENE 13
8 PM (0) Jul 28 80 (27) 73 (23) 30.03 (1017) E 16
7 PM (23) Jul 28 78 (26) 73 (23) 30.03 (1017) ENE 15 showers in the vicinity
6 PM (22) Jul 28 84 (29) 73 (23) 30.00 (1016) ENE 14 rain showers
5 PM (21) Jul 28 87 (31) 73 (23) 29.97 (1015) ENE 13
4 PM (20) Jul 28 89 (32) 73 (23) 30.00 (1016) ENE 14
3 PM (19) Jul 28 89 (32) 71 (22) 30.00 (1016) E 14
2 PM (18) Jul 28 91 (33) 71 (22) 30.00 (1016) E 12
1 PM (17) Jul 28 89 (32) 69 (21) 30.03 (1017) E 18
Noon (16) Jul 28 89 (32) 73 (23) 30.03 (1017) E 12
11 AM (15) Jul 28 87 (31) 73 (23) 30.06 (1018) E 10
10 AM (14) Jul 28 87 (31) 73 (23) 30.06 (1018) ESE 14
Oldest 9 AM (13) Jul 28 86 (30) 75 (24) 30.06 (1018) E 12
Time
EDT (UTC) Temperature
F(C) Dew Point
F(C) Pressure
Inches(hPa) Wind
(MPH) Weather

[cycloneye]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... tjua.shtml

You can follow the low center at this long range loop.

[caribepr]

Sky went dark grey, heavy rain, and then poof, now the sun is
back out again in a watery blue background.
Thank goodness the guy (a minor diety for me) who is working
on building the new star dome for me isn't threatened by rain or much of anything except running out of cigarettes, he just goes into the
gazebo and waits it out.
I imagine the weather roller coaster is going to last awhile...

[mtm4319]

I thought this would be a good time to test the capabilities of the things I've been working on with Google Earth.

The .kmz file I uploaded contains the Puerto Rico short-range and long-range radar from NWS (which is roughly scaled in the right position), plus the placemarks for Storm2K members in the area. Hopefully it'll work!

http://membermaps.e-techcorp.net/prwave.kmz

[cycloneye]

[cycloneye]

RWRPR
PUERTO RICO/U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1000 AM AST FRI JUL 29 2005

PRZ001-004-291500-
PUERTO RICO

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
SAN JUAN LMM MOSUNNY 88 75 66 NE14 30.01S HX 97
AGUADILLA MOSUNNY 84 77 79 MISG 30.05R HX 94
$$



PRZ006-007-291500-
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CHARLOTTE AMA PTSUNNY 86 75 70 NE15G23 29.98R HX 95
CHRISTIANSTED PTSUNNY 86 79 79 NE17G23 29.98R HX 99
$$


Nothing happening yet but conditions will deteriorate this afternoon in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

[schmita]

Basically the rains came for about 2 minutes then stopped. Nothing happening here but clouds and some wind.

irina

[Tropicswatcher]

squally weather is how i describe the weather here..some fast moving shower bands and then the sun comes out. Very humid more than the usual. Winds not that strong.

[cycloneye]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1039 AM AST FRI JUL 29 2005


...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM AST FRIDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PUERTO RICO...
CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST
AND VIEQUES.

IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...
ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS...ST. JOHN... AND ADJACENT ISLANDS.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES AND ISLANDS
IN PUERTO RICO
EAST HALF OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA

IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
SAINT JOHN...SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT CROIX


AT 1035 AM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN TO
THE EAST OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX AND MOVING TO THE WEST. THIS
HEAVY RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AHEAD OF A
SLOWLY DEVELOPING TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN EXISTS ACROSS ALL AREAS IN THE
WATCH AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE
IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY
IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
IS ISSUED.


PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN
COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.


Things are starting to occur here in terms of watches.

[bvigal]

15 minutes (so far) of horizontal rain, in about 20kts of wind, gusting higher. Defintely what I term a "squall". It's starting to let up now.

[alicia-w]

I thought this would be a good time to test the capabilities of the things I've been working on with Google Earth.

The .kmz file I uploaded contains the Puerto Rico short-range and long-range radar from NWS (which is roughly scaled in the right position), plus the placemarks for Storm2K members in the area. Hopefully it'll work!

http://membermaps.e-techcorp.net/prwave.kmz

that's really a neat feature!! I enjoy being able to see where folks are located. thanks!

[dhweather]

15 minutes (so far) of horizontal rain, in about 20kts of wind, gusting higher. Defintely what I term a "squall". It's starting to let up now.

You guys stay safe and dry!!

[msbee]

mtm
thats really cool but when I click on your link, all I get is stuff like this:

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help?

and, FYI, squally weather continues here off and on, but no significant rainfall.

[mtm4319]

mtm
thats really cool but when I click on your link, all I get is stuff like this:

[gibberish]

help?

Hmm... I think you have to have Google Earth open before you click on the link. If it is open and you're still getting it, try right-clicking and selecting "Save Link As..." (or "Save Target As..." depending on your browser). I clicked on it myself and it worked for me.

[sweetpea]

Stay safe everyone in the islands. Will be watching this thread carefully. I have my dad in Coqui and my Grandmother in Bayamon. So I am a little concerned.

Debbie

[cycloneye]

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1211 PM AST FRI JUL 29 2005

PRZ001-002-291715-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-
1211 PM AST FRI JUL 29 2005

.NOW...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND AFFECT THESE SECTIONS
OF PUERTO RICO UNTIL 115 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WIND... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND SOME MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS.



Those showers are closing on to San Juan.