[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

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

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO 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 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TOMAS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.4N...LONGITUDE 64.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 230 NAUTICAL
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PONCE PR...OR ABOUT 190 NAUTICAL MILES
SOUTH OF SAINT CROIX USVI. TOMAS WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AROUND 10
KNOTS AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 65 KNOTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE TOMAS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN WATERS THROUGH 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 THROUGH ABOUT NOON AST MONDAY. 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 830 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ722-732-741-012200-
/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-
600 PM AST SUN OCT 31 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND 39
PERCENT ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL
CARIBBEAN WATERS AND PASSAGES..

...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 ACROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND
PASSAGES. MAXIMUMS SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE MARINE ZONES.

$$

SR



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