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AWCA82 TJSJ 081457
RWSVI 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1057 AM AST SUN NOV 8 2009

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN 
ISLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS. THE NWS DOPPLER RADAR 
DETECTED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS THE 
SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS WITH FEW OF THEM AFFECTING FROM TIME TO
TIME THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THE WINDS WERE MOSTLY FROM THE NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 10 MPH AND THE LOCAL TEMPERATURES LATE IN THE MORNING
WERE MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 80S.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON...SKIES WILL CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE 
LOCAL ISLANDS. THE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN COMBINATION
WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND LOCAL ISLANDS EFFECTS WILL INDUCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
ACROSS THE WATERS BETWEEN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

A NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR IN THE PRESENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO
APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...WHILE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS
BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. EXPECT
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWER EPISODES AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MUCH
OF THE ISLANDS AND COASTAL WATERS MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS...MARINERS SHOULD EXPECT WINDS OF 16 KNOTS
OR LESS AND SEAS OF 6 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE DAY. MARINE
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS LARGE NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN
TO IMPACT THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS
EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY FOR THE OFFSHORE AND NEAR
SHORES ATLANTIC WATERS AND FOR THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES.

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JFR