71. In Honduras there was minor damage, such as cracked walls at a hospital in the northern city of El Progresso and fallen electrical poles along the north coast. 72. In Honduras there was minor damage such as cracked walls at a hospital in the northern city of El Progresso and fallen electrical poles along the north coast. 73. In resort towns on the north coast, hotels battened down, removed furniture from patios, and called tourists off the beach. 74. In the meantime the southerly air stream will continue through the Christmas weekend bringing record warm temperatures to the north coast of the island and dry weather conditions. 75. Intense heating of the land produced widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon along the central mountain chain of puerto rico and northward to the north coast. 76. It rained lightly on the west and the north coasts of Puerto Rico. 77. It was bound for Cap-Haitien on the north coast. 78. Late evening doppler radar indicated widely scattered showers lingering across the western interior with isolated showers northward to the north central coast. 79. Light winds from the southeast will make the temperatures soar to near-record marks along the north coasts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 80. Mostly cloudy in the evening with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, becoming partly cloudy by midnight with isolated showers along the north coast. |