[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE TOMAS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
346 PM AST SUN OCT 31 2010

...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND PASSAGES ARE STILL EXPECTED...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RIO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RIO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TOMAS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.0N...LONGITUDE 63.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 283 NAUTICAL MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PONCE PR...OR ABOUT 222 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. TOMAS WAS MOVING TO THE WEST
NORTHWEST AROUND 8 KNOTS AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 80
KNOTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE TOMAS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST NORTHWEST
THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A TURN MORE TO THE WEST ON MONDAY.
ACCORDING TO THIS LATEST FORECAST TRACK...TOMAS WILL BRING
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND PASSAGES OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 530 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ722-732-741-012000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
346 PM AST SUN OCT 31 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
AT 3 PM AST...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND
PASSAGES REMAINS AT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 54 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 KNOTS. MAXIMUMS SEAS
OF 14 TO 18 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THESE MARINE ZONES.

$$

SR



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