000 AWCA42 TJSJ 011510 SWSPR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1100 AM AST THU JUL 1 2004 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED OVER PUERTO RICO DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS EARLIER IN THE MORNING WERE PRIMARILY IN THE COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH COASTS. LATER IN THE MORNING SHOWERS AFFECTED THE COASTAL REGIONS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THREE TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH. SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN. THE WIND WAS MAINLY EAST AT 15 MPH OR LESS. THERE WILL BE VARYING AMOUNTS OF CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO THE 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. THE WIND WILL BE MAINLY EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS FEATURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH LOCAL EFFECTS AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...TO PRODUCE A GOOD DEAL OF CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. $$ DIEHL