41. Radar showed only isolated showers mainly over the coastal waters. 42. Radar showed scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms already developing across the area and satellite images indicated more moisture poised to move into the region from the south. 43. Radar showed the plane plunging toward the ocean shortly afterward. 44. Some experts have noted that radar showed that when the plane broke apart, three pieces of the plane continued forward. 45. The Doppler weather radar showed isolated light showers over the offshore waters and the central interior sections Puerto Rico. 46. The weather service radar did not show any precipitation across the islands or the coastal waters. 47. The weather service radar showed widely scattered showers over the coastal waters to the north and east of Puerto Rico. 48. The weather radar did not show precipitation across the area. 49. The weather radar showed scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the coastal waters east and south of Puerto Rico and over St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. 50. They would only say that radar showed that the plane broke up into four pieces and that the pilots never reported problems. |