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AWCA42 TJSJ 140856
SWSPR 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
500 AM AST FRI MAR 14 2003

SKIES VARIED FROM MOSTLY CLEAR ALONG WEST PUERTO RICO TO PARTLY 
CLOUDY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE ATLANTIC 
AND CARIBBEAN WATERS BECOMING ISOLATED OVER THE EAST...SOUTHEAST AND 
SOUTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH 
WERE COMMON ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN ST CROIX. 

SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW SEVERAL BANDS OF PATCHY CLOUDS AND A FEW 
SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS WESTWARD TO PUERTO RICO. 
SOME OF THESE WILL BE PUSHED WEST ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND 
PUERTO RICO BY BREEZY TRADE WINDS ALLOWING FOR OCCASIONAL PARTLY 
CLOUDY PERIODS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. 

STRONG EASTERLIES WILL PRODUCE CHOPPY CONDITIONS ACROSS OUR LOCAL 
WATERS..THEREFORE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS EXTENDED FOR ALL  THE 
CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS. MARINERS SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION 
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS. 

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