Wildfire in Hawaii, July 13 to 22, 2013

Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, July 13 to 22, 2013
Start: 2013-07-13T15:00
End: 2013-07-22T17:00
Location: Hawaii

July 13 to 22, 2013 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A fire consumed 87 acres of dry brush near Kaupo on the Valley Isle of Maui. There were no reports of property damage or injuries.

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 HFO wrote it up.

A fire consumed 87 acres of dry brush near Kaupo on the Valley Isle of Maui. There were no reports of property damage or injuries. Fire officials believe the blaze was intentionally set, finding the remains of fireworks in the area.

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 Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 10:00 AM HST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 10:00 AM HST, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1000 AM HST SAT JUL 13 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
TRADES WILL WEAKEN SOME THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTH
NORTHEAST CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER FROM THE ISLANDS. SHOWERS WILL
REMAIN CONCENTRATED OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS THROUGH THE WEEK.
THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK NORTH OF THE
ISLAND BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN THE
TRADES.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
NO MAJOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE LAST NIGHT. HAVE
MODIFIED POPS AND ASSOCIATED FIELDS TO BETTER REPRESENT SHOWER
ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...AND FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AS WELL AS MADE SOME
TWEAKS TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY /RH/
VALUES AT THE 700 MB LEVEL...850 MB AND 1000 MB RH VALUES ARE HIGH.
THIS HAS BEEN TRANSLATING INTO A FAIR AMOUNT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY
ALONG THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE
REMAINED ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA SINKS TO
THE SOUTH. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO ALSO
SINK SOUTHWARD TO AROUND 38N 167W...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH...BUT REMAINING NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO START MOVING TO THE WEST AND
NORTH MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS TO MOVE
BACK CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS. EXPECT TRADES TO INCREASE BACK TO
MODERATE LEVELS LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
NO SIGNIFICANT SWELL IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. A SOUTH SWELL IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY AND PEAK NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS WEDNESDAY
BEFORE TAILING OFF THURSDAY. AS THE TRADES WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...LOOK FOR A DECREASE IN THE SURF ALONG EAST FACING
SHORES. AS THE TRADES INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE
WEEK...THE TRADE WIND SWELL ALONG EAST FACING SHORES WILL INCREASE
AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION...
OVERALL VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS DUE TO PASSING LOW CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Leeward Haleakala

When: July 13, 3:00 PM HST to July 22, 5:00 PM HST
Where: Leeward Haleakala forecast zone
Reported by: Newspaper

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 Hawaii in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, July 2013

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: 460731.