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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Puerto Rico
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List of Active Alerts by County
Culebra
high surf advisory
North Central
high surf advisory
Northeast
high surf advisory
Northwest
high surf advisory
San Juan, Vicinity
high surf advisory
Vieques
high surf advisory
High Surf Advisory
San Juan, Vicinity (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
Northeast (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
North Central (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
Northwest (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
Culebra (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
Vieques (Puerto Rico)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...LONG PERIOD EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY... PRZ001-002-005-008-012-013-VIZ001-002-060200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SU.Y.0013.080905T1136Z-080906T2000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 736 AM AST FRI SEP 5 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST SATURDAY. LONG PERIOD...EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGIONAL COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET OR HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THESE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE...CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE AND OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 1:20 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.7 FEET 12:26 AM AST SATURDAY AT 1.0 FEET MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 1:59 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 1.4 FEET 3:11 PM AST SATURDAY AT 1.4 FEET CHRISTIANSTED ST CROIX: 1:18 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON AT 0.9 FEET 2:44 PM AST SATURDAY AT 0.9 FEET PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS MARINE SITUATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$ BCSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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