Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 28, 2007

Name: Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 28, 2007
Start: 2007-03-28T10:00
End: 2007-03-28T14:00
Location: U.S. Virgin Islands

March 28, 2007 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dry conditions persisted across Saint Croix during the month of March.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.

Dry conditions persisted across Saint Croix during the month of March.

What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 28, 5:57 AM AST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 5:57 AM AST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
557 AM AST WED MAR 28 2007

.SHORT TERM...
UPPER TROUGH/LOW ALIGNED N TO S AND ACROSS PR ATTM...MOVING IN A
GENERAL EWD MOTION...AND WILL MOVE MORE ENE AND EXIT THE REGION
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...WITH YET ANOTHER WEAK S/W DROPPING INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT TO MAINTAIN BROAD UPPER TROUGHING ACROSS THE
LOCAL AREA. THIS WILL MAINTAIN UNSTABLE MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL
CONDITIONS...BUT WILL NOT BE AS ENERGETIC ALOFT AS PAST 36-48
HOURS. A LLVL TROUGH WITH SURFACE REFLECTION IS ANALYZED THROUGH
THE MONA PASSAGE AND THEN ENE INTO THE OFFSHORE ATLC WHERE IT
MERGES WITH OLD FRONTAL ZONE/SHEAR LINE. THIS LLVL TROUGH WILL
LIKELY DRIFT EWD TODAY...WITH THE SHEAR LINE REMAINING JUST N OF
20 NORTH. AMPLE LLVL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...AND THIS EWD
ADVANCING LLVL TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH SOME DAYTIME HEATING TO
PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED TSTMS AND FEW AREAS OF LIGHT
RAIN TODAY...WITH THE FOCUS LIKELY TO END UP ACROSS NE PR BY
EVENING. INVADING LONG PERIOD NNE SWELLS WILL REQUIRE A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY BY NOON TODAY.

.LONG TERM...
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE DYNAMICS LIFT OUT OF THE AREA TO THE ENE AND
NE NEXT FEW DAYS...SUFFICIENT BROAD MID TO UPPER TROUGHING WILL
LINGER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA TO MAINTAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR TSTORMS...THROUGH FRIDAY. SHEAR
LINE AND ZONE OF HIGH LLVL MOISTURE JUST N OF 20 NORTH THIS
MORNING IS FORECAST TO BE FORCED SWD INTO AND ACROSS THE LOCAL
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY TO YIELD GOOD RAIN CHANCES AND
POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINS ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF PR. DRIER
MORE STABLE CONDITIONS THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY...BUT COULD STILL BE
SHOWERY IN SHALLOW CONVECTION EMBEDDED IN THE FRESHENING NNE LLVL
FLOW. COOLER MILDER AIR WILL THEN PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...BUT WITH CHANCE OF NOCTURNAL SHOWERS N
COASTS AND DIURNAL SHOWERS INTERIOR AND SW PR.

&&

.MARINE...
COMPLEX LLVL WIND FLOW NEXT 12-24 HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH LLVL
TROUGHING AND CONVECTIVE PROCESSES...WITH GFS SHOWING A WEAK LOW
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE N MONA PASSAGE ALONG THIS TROUGH THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT BEFORE BEING SHEARED OUT THE NE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. THIS WILL YIELD GENERALLY SLIGHT SEAS...EXCEPT FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF LARGE LONG PERIOD NNE SWELLS TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR ATLC WATERS AND ALL PASSAGES
INTO THE CARIBBEAN...AND AS STATED ABOVE...HSA TO BE ISSUED THIS
MORNING FOR ATLC COASTS. FRESH NNELY FLOW BUILDING INTO THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND WILL ACT TO PRODUCE ROUGH AND JUMBLED SEAS AND SCA
WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  83  74  84  74 /  40  40  50  50
STT  82  75  83  75 /  40  50  50  40

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...NONE.
VI...NONE.
&&

17/70

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 6:30 AM AST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 AM AST WED MAR 28 2007

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-291000-
630 AM AST WED MAR 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SCATTERED
TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITIES FOR RAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR...NORTHERN SLOPES...AND
NORTHWEST. HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AREAS POTENTIALLY SEEING
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY.
THIS ACTIVITY OVER WATER WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND MARINERS
ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THESE HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...AN ENERGETIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THIS UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THAT
HAVE PREVAILED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WILL MOVE EAST
NORTHEASTWARD AND OUT OF THE LOCAL AREA BY THURSDAY...WITH THE
ATMOSPHERE THEN BEGINNING TO STABILIZE. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
THROUGH FRIDAY MAY MAINTAIN A GOOD CHANCE FOR FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN VERY WET SOILS AND A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING...AS WELL AS LANDSLIDES.

MODERATE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO INVADE
THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...AND WILL
GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTS...AND SEAS 7 TO 8
FEET OR GREATER ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-291000-
630 AM AST WED MAR 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED WIDELY
SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. OVER THE LOCAL WATERS...THIS
ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND MARINERS ARE
URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THESE HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...AN ENERGETIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THIS UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THAT
HAVE PREVAILED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WILL MOVE EAST
NORTHEASTWARD AND OUT OF THE LOCAL AREA BY THURSDAY...WITH THE
ATMOSPHERE THEN BEGINNING TO STABILIZE. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
THROUGH FRIDAY MAY MAINTAIN A GOOD CHANCE FOR FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN VERY WET SOILS AND A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR URBAN AND GUTS
FLOODING.

MODERATE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO INVADE
THE REGIONAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...AND WILL
GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTS...AND SEAS 7 TO 8
FEET OR GREATER ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED 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

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, St. Croix

When: March 28, 10:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
Where: St. Croix forecast zone
Reported by: Newspaper

A brush fire scorched 40 acres at Estate Granard.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 2007

Sources

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: 24509.