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FNCA62 TJSJ 091617
RFDSJU
PRZ014-027-092100-
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1217 PM AST MON MAR 9 2026
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
PUERTO RICO...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THIS
MORNING IN CABO ROJO AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS, AS A DRIER AIR MASS FILTERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE
DROPPED TO AROUND 50 PERCENT, WHILE THE KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT
INDEX (KBDI) AT CABO ROJO IS 667, INDICATING CRITICALLY DRY FUELS
HIGHLY RECEPTIVE TO IGNITION AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE EXCEEDED 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 27 MPH. SOME OTHER
LOCATIONS MAY OBSERVE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
PARTICULARLY IN GUANICA, AS THE KBDI WAS AT 515. THE DRYING TREND,
BREEZY CONDITIONS AND DRY FUELS COULD SUPPORT RAPID FIRE SPREAD,
IF A FIRE STARTS, AND OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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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