NZUS40 TJSJ 091500
WKSRWS
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1045 AM AST FRI MAY 9 2008
MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND HAZY CONDITIONS PREVAILED 
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SATELLITE IMAGERY 
SHOWED A THIN LAYER OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION 
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...WHILE PATCHES OF SHALLOW LOW LEVEL 
CLOUDS WERE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS...AND 
A FEW DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE EAST AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF 
PUERTO RICO. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 
VERY DRY AND STABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL 
REGION TODAY. EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW COMBINED WITH THE 
PRESENCE OF PARTICLES OF AFRICAN DUST DRIFTING ACROSS THE 
AREA...WILL CREATE HOT...HUMID AND HAZY CONDITIONS OVER THE THE 
LOCAL ISLANDS AND SURROUNDING WATERS. HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO 
REACH AROUND 90 DEGREES ALONG THE NORTH COAST. OVERALL...EXPECT
DRY AND HAZY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...EXCEPT 
FOR SOME SHORT LIVED SHOWERS WHICH MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE 
INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. HOWEVER...NO 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 
MARINERS CAN GENERALLY EXPECT WINDS OF LESS THAN 20 KNOTS AND SEAS OF
6 FEET OR LESS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. SMALL 
CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THE OFFSHORE CARIBBEAN WATERS 
TO THE SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO.
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