...WETTER WEATHER ARRIVES TODAY...
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE OVER MOST WINDWARD SECTIONS THIS MORNING...
AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING SURFACE TROUGH
INTERACTS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS.
SOME OF THE SHOWERS COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AND WE CAN/T RULE OUT A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER IN
SOME OF THE MOST ACTIVE SHOWERS.
THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALSO WEAKEN OUR TRADE WINDS AS IT PASSES
BY. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS POPPING UP
IN LEEWARD AND UPSLOPE SECTIONS AS WELL. AGAIN...THESE COULD ALSO
BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...AND THERE COULD BE A FEW CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER DOWNPOURS WHICH DRASTICALLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. DON/T DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREAS WHERE WATER
MIGHT COVER THE ROAD.
HIKERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STREAMS MAY BE RUNNING HIGH LATER
TODAY AND MONDAY...WHICH COULD CUT OFF HIKING TRAILS. IF POSSIBLE...
CHOOSE A BETTER HIKING DAY WHEN THE WEATHER IS QUIETER.
ALTHOUGH MOST SPOTS WILL NOT HEAR THUNDER TODAY...REMEMBER THE
RULE OF THUMB THAT IF YOU DO HEAR IT...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS.
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