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[STORMREPORTS] Fwd: Locally Heavy Rainfall in Caribbean, Centam

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 07:51:20 EDT


Here are some notes from the hurricane center about the non-tropical heavy
rain that may occur in the Caribbean and Central America.

>NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
>1030 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
>
>A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA IS
>PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
>THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND MUCH OF THE
>NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. THIS SYSTEM IS DRIFTING
>WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
>EXPECTED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND THE CLOSE
>PROXIMITY TO LAND. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS
>THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...NORTHERN GUATEMALA...AND BELIZE LATER
>TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
>
>A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
>TWO...IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM
>JAMAICA NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA AND INTO THE
>SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT
>10 TO 15 MPH INTO A REGION WHERE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE UNFAVORABLE
>FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY
>RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER
>THUNDERSTORMS.
>

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