AWCA82 TJSJ 111940 RWSPR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 340 PM AST SAT OCT 11 2008 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS PUERTO RICO CULEBRA AND VIEQUES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE EAST...SOUTHEAST...AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SOME CITIES IN PUERTO RICO WERE AS FOLLOWS...PONCE 91 DEGREES...AGUADILLA 91 DEGREES...AND IN SAN JUAN IT WAS 85 DEGREES. A TROPICAL WAVE...MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE WESTWARD AND SPREAD DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE... WITH INCREASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS ALONG WITH THE LOCAL AND DIURNAL EFFECTS WILL MAKE FOR VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ISLANDS...WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. THEREAFTER...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A WET WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY MID WEEK. A HYDROLOGICAL OUTLOOK WAS THEREFORE ISSUED FOR THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS...NORTHERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER SMALL CRAFTS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. $$