* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 214, 216, 241, 246 and 247. * TIMING...Until 7 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 15%. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Waimea River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Waimea River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Waimea River is a major river on the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. At 12.1 miles (19.5 km) in length, it is one of the longest rivers in the Hawaiian Islands, draining one sixth of the total area of the island.
It rises in a wet plateau of the island's central highlands, in the Alaka'i Swamp, the largest high-elevation swamp in the world. It flows south, passing through the spectacular 3,000-foot-deep (910 m) Waimea Canyon, known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific."
The valleys of the Waimea River and its tributary, the Makaweli River, were once heavily populated. It enters the Pacific Ocean at Waimea, near the 1778 landing place of Captain Cook on Kauai.