Wildfire, Kauai Windward
- When
- September 21, 11:45 PM HST to September 22, 4:00 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai Windward forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Wildfire in Hawaii, September 21 to 22, 2013
A fire burned 42 acres of brush near Wailua on the windward coast of Kauai. The blaze was near the Aston Aloha Beach Resort and the Kaha Lani Resort condominiums.
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 burned 42 acres of brush near Wailua on the windward coast of Kauai. The blaze was near the Aston Aloha Beach Resort and the Kaha Lani Resort condominiums. However, neither site was significantly affected by the fire. The cause of the blaze was unknown. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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 Sep 21, 7:40 PM HST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 7:40 PM HST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 740 PM HST SAT SEP 21 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A TRADE WIND WIND REGIME WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAIN ITS PRESENCE FAR NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SHOWERS EMBEDDED IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW WILL BE CONFINED MOSTLY TO THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS...BUT THERE WILL BE A SHOWER OR TWO STRAYING FURTHER DOWNWIND INTO THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CLOUDS PLUS A FEW SHOWERS. && .DISCUSSION... OUR COOLING TRADE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING GENERATED BY A 1024 MILLIBAR /MB/ SURFACE HIGH 930 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI. THIS HIGH WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO BY A WEAKENING FRONT. THE END PROCESS IS A RELOCATION OF THIS HIGH TO A LOCATION 1340 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF KAUAI BY MONDAY NIGHT. WHILE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THERE...A NEW AND STRONGER SURFACE HIGH OF 1036 MB MOVES TO A POSITION 1300 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI BY THURSDAY...AND REMAINS THERE INTO THE WEEKEND. THUS OUR CURRENT MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADES WILL SOFTEN SLIGHTLY SUNDAY FOLLOW BY FURTHER SOFTENING TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SPEEDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. STRONGER TRADES RETURN WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AT THE UPPER LEVELS...RIDGING OVER THE ISLANDS WILL WEAKENS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVE TOWARDS THE ISLANDS FROM THE NORTH. THE CLOSEST POINT THE LOW GETS TO THE ISLANDS IS 450 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAHU TUESDAY BEFORE RETREATING NORTH TO BEYOND 30N LATITUDE THURSDAY. BUT THIS ACTION DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS OVER US...LIFTING THE INVERSION FROM THE CURRENT 7 TO 9 THOUSAND FEET TO 12 TO 15 THOUSAND FEET MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BOTH GFS AND THE ECMWF MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THIS SEQUENCE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE MARGINAL. THUS WITH THIS SAID...THE TRADES WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME LOCAL DAYTIME SEABREEZES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER INTERIOR AND LEEWARD SECTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY KAUAI AND OAHU. THE LEE SIDE BIG ISLAND MAY HAVE AN EXTRA SHOWER OR TWO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RIDGING ALOFT RETURNS AND A MORE STABLE AIR MASS IS ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS DUE TO PASSING LOW CLD AND SHRA. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AIRMET TANGO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEMPO MODERATE MECHANICAL LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE IN THE AIR SPACE BELOW 8KFT LEEWARD OF THE MOUNTAINS ON ALL ISLANDS...DUE TO THE BREEZY LOW-LEVEL TRADE WIND FLOW. && .MARINE... AS OF NOW...WE WILL LET THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/ PLAY ITS COURSE WHILE WE MONITOR CLOSELY THE TREND OF THE WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT AS NOTE ABOVE...THE TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO EASE SLIGHTLY TO MODERATE SPEED SUNDAY. SWELL WISE....THERE IS A SMALL SWELL FROM THE NORTH TO NORTH NORTHEAST. THE SWELL WILL PROVIDE HEAD HIGH SETS FOR NORTH FACING EXPOSURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A SMALL SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A SOUTH SOUTHWEST SWELL POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY FOR MAALAEA BAY...WATERS AROUND MAUI AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. && PUBLIC/MARINE...LAU AVIATION...HOUSTON
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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- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 21, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 21, 2013
- High Wind in Montana, September 21 to 23, 2013
- Flood in Kentucky, September 21, 2013
- Flood in Ohio, September 21, 2013
- Flood in Alabama, September 21, 2013
- High Wind in California, September 21 to 22, 2013
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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: 472862.