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Weather Summary for Puerto Rico
National Weather Service San Juan PR
549 PM AST Thu Apr 12 2018

Variably cloudy skies were observed along the Cordillera Central 
of Puerto Rico, the northwestern sections and the over the 
metropolitan area during the afternoon. Showers with periods of 
heavy rainfall affected these areas and flood advisories were 
issued through the late afternoon hours. Highest rainfall amounts
were in western Puerto Rico with rain gages reporting just above 2
inches of rain. Maximum temperatures were in the high 80s to low
90s across coastal areas. The wind was from the east to southeast
at 10 to 15 mph with sea breeze variations across western and
northern Puerto Rico.

Showers will continue across the western areas of Puerto Rico and
across the Mona Passage through the evening hours as they slowly
dissipate. For the overnight hours, clear to partly cloudy skies
should prevail with showers mainly moving over the regional
waters. Afternoon shower and thunderstorm development is expected
on Friday over the interior and western sections of Puerto Rico as
well in and around the San Juan metro area.

Mariners can expect seas up to 7 feet in the Atlantic offshore 
waters and in the Anegada Passage and winds up to 20 knots for the
next few days. Small craft advisories are in effect for these 
waters. Elsewhere, seas will continue between 4 to 6 feet and
winds will be from the east at 10 to 15 knots. A moderate risk of
rip currents continues for the northern and east facing beaches of
the islands.



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