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AWCA82 TJSJ 040231
RWSPR 

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1100 PM AST TUE AUG 3 2004

VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS PUERTO RICO FROM THE 
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED 
REFORMING FROM THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE 
ISLAND. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 
RAIN FELL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM NORTHERN 
UTUADO INTO SOUTHERN HATILLO.  HEAVY RAINS ALSO OCCURRED IN COASTAL 
QUEBRADILLAS AND ISABELLA. TEMPERATURES WERE SLOWLY FALLING DOWN TO 
THE LOW 80S NEAR THE COAST AND OVER THE 70S OVER THE INTERIOR AND 
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  WINDS WERE MOSTLY EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 

A MOSTLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS 
TONIGHT. BUT A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN COASTAL 
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. TOMORROW AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TO THE 
WEST COAST.  A FEW OF THESE MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS 
AND LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER TWO CONTINUES RACING WESTWARD AT 23 MPH 
THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH PORTIONS OF THE LESSER 
ANTILLES TONIGHT.  THE FORECAST THEN CALLS FOR THIS POORLY ORGANIZED 
TROPICAL SYSTEM TO TURN MORE WEST NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST OVER THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND POSSIBLY DEVELOP FURTHER TOMORROW. A 
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO 
RICO...MEANING THE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 36 
HOURS.  MORE SPECIFICALLY...THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL 
OF BRINGING STRONG WINDS...HIGH SEAS AND SURF...AS WELL AS 
TORRENTIAL...LIFE THREATENING...RAINS TO THE LOCAL ISLANDS...AS IT 
MAKES IT CLOSEST APPROACH TO PUERTO RICO DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. 
THE MAIN IMPACT THOUGH WILL LIKELY BE THE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCAL 
INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST BULLETINS AND STATEMENTS 
ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
    
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KIMBERLAIN