The National Weather Service doppler radar detected a large smoke plume associated associated with a ground fire across the southern part of the municipality of Coamo.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
The National Weather Service doppler radar detected a large smoke plume associated associated with a ground fire across the southern part of the municipality of Coamo.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 12, 3:53 AM AST, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 353 AM AST MON FEB 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES EXTENDS SOUTHEAST...PROMOTING A MORE EASTERLY MODERATE WIND FLOW TODAY. AS THE HIGH MIGRATES EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKER BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED SOME AREAS OF CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED SHOWERS OF LIGHT INTENSITY OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS. NO PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED OVER THE LAND AREAS. 00Z SOUNDING SHOWED A LIGHT MAINLY EAST WINDS AND A RELATIVELY DRY LOCAL AIRMASS. THIS TYPICAL DRY PATTERN FOR FEBRUARY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES FORESEEN AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW WAS NOTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST WATERS. && .MARINE...WINDS OF 18 TO 19 KNOTS CAN PRODUCE CHOPPY SEAS ESPECIALLY IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN. && .FIRE WEATHER...THE STRONG INSOLATION AND DRY GRASS OVER THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF PUERTO RICO MAKE THESE SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND PRONE O GRASS FIRES. && .CLIMATE...SOMEWHAT LESS THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS YEAR AND MONTH TO DATE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 85 72 85 72 / 10 10 10 10 STT 84 75 85 75 / 10 10 10 10 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST MON FEB 12 2007 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-131000- 600 AM AST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-131000- 600 AM AST SAT FEB 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS): HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU FROM YOUR PDA/PHONE: HTTP://MOBILE.SRH.NOAA.GOV OR WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/WML
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Local emergency managers reported that smoke from the fire was affecting road 14 between the municipalities of Coamo and Salinas.
Fire was reported in Barrio Los LLanos, Sector Cotto Ruiz, Road 445, in the municipality of Coamo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, February 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 18284, 18285.