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FNCA62 TJSJ 200902
RFDSJU
PRZ014-027-202000-
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
502 AM AST SAT APR 20 2019
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE SOUTH COAST
OF PUERTO RICO TILL 4 PM AST...
BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED AND SOME
HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WILL COINCIDE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT ALONG MUCH OF THE SOUTH
COAST OF PUERTO RICO TODAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
ONCE SEA BREEZES BECOME ESTABLISHED LATER IN THE DAY, BUT FIRE
DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS. KBDI
VALUES IN CABO ROJO YESTERDAY WERE 679 AND IN CAMP SANTIAGO, 704.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THE IGNITION AND
SPREAD OF WILD FIRES.
FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED WHEN FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE APPROACHING, BUT NOT MEETING OR EXCEEDING, RED FLAG WARNING
CRITERIA.
SNELL
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