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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
229 AM AST FRI AUG 14 2026
..ELEVATED FIRE DANGER EXPECTED ACROSS PUERTO RICO
VIEQUES...CULEBRA...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...MAINLY FROM 10
AM TO 6 PM AST TODAY...
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FIRE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TODAY AS A
VERY DRY AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
CONTINUE. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH, COMBINED
WITH LITTLE TO NO WETTING RAINFALL, ONGOING RAINFALL DEFICITS,
STRESSED VEGETATION, AND DRY FUELS WILL MAINTAIN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
THE GREATEST CONCERN REMAINS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN
PUERTO RICO, WHERE FUELS ARE PARTICULARLY DRY AND RECENT FIRE
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT. HOWEVER, ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS PUERTO RICO, VIEQUES, CULEBRA, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.
FIRES MAY IGNITE MORE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO
SATURDAY BEFORE INCREASING MOISTURE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
GRADUALLY IMPROVES FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THE IGNITION AND
SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.
FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED WHEN FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE APPROACHING, BUT NOT MEETING OR EXCEEDING, RED FLAG WARNING
CRITERIA.
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