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WWCA72 TJSJ 262334
NPWSJU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
734 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-WESTERN INTERIOR-
734 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. 

FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 500 FEET ACROSS PUERTO RICO.

WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS.


A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MONA PASSAGE THIS EVENING
WILL CONTINUE TO RAKE ASSOCIATED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
ESTIMATED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
ADVISORY AREA. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHERE GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR
GREATER ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE. TRUCKS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAINS PASSES.

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