Wildfire, Central Interior
- When
- March 26, 3:36 PM AST
- Where
- Central Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
A grass fire was reported near the municipality of Coamo.
Wildfire in Puerto Rico, March 26, 2011
Generally fair and mainly dry weather pattern prevailed across Puerto Rico during most of the month. This pattern of limited low level moisture and stable conditions helped to suppress significant afternoon convection and provided conditions favorable for wild fires.
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.
Generally fair and mainly dry weather pattern prevailed across Puerto Rico during most of the month. This pattern of limited low level moisture and stable conditions helped to suppress significant afternoon convection and provided conditions favorable for wild fires.
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 26, 3:13 PM AST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:13 PM AST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 313 PM AST SAT MAR 26 2011 .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE REGION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC..AND BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN BASIN WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MID TO UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN AND BROAD UPPER TROUGH NORTH OF 30 NORTH WILL MAINTAIN OVERALL ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED SOME THIN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM...AS IMPULSES/JET SEGMENT ALONG JET STREAM CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE LOW LEVELS LEVEL ONLY FRAGMENT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS OBSERVED MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST SOUNDING SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PWAT VALUES BUT RANGING BETWEEN 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES. && .DISCUSSION...THERE WAS SUFFICIENT POCKETS OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO COMBINE WITH DIURNAL AND LOCAL TERRAIN EFFECTS TO INDUCE AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THE PROXIMITY OF SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM ALSO AIDED IN THE ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTION PRODUCING SOME EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH NEAR OR AFTER SUNSET GIVING WAY TO CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION OVER LAND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ON SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK EXPECT OVERALL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL PATCHES OF TRADE WIND MOISTURE WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND BRING PERIODS OF EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND LEAD TO BRIEF DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF THE ISLANDS. HOWEVER...STILL FORESEE OVERALL FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE ISLANDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EXCEPT FOR THE MENTIONED AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS PARTS OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WEST SECTIONS OF THE ISLANDS. MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL AGAIN REINFORCE ITSELF ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK SO EXPECT SOME SUPPRESSION OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN. FOR THE MOST PART MUCH OF THE ISLANDS WILL EXPERIENCE REMAIN FAIRLY DRY EXCEPT FOR THE PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. && .AVIATION...AT LEAST TIL 26/22Z SHRA/TSRA PSBL AT OR NEAR TJSJ...TJMZ AND TJBQ DUE TO AFTN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PR. THEREAFTER VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL FLYING AS CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURG THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE MAINLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 KTS BLO 15K FT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 75 85 75 84 / 20 10 10 10 STT 75 84 75 84 / 20 20 20 20 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 07/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:01 AM AST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 501 AM AST SAT MAR 26 2011 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-270915- SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 501 AM AST SAT MAR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-270915- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 501 AM AST SAT MAR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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More
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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: 294676.