Monday Top of the Scroll: Drought makes early start of the fire season likely in Northern California
Expanding and intensifying drought in Northern California portends an early start to the wildfire season, and the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting above-normal potential for large wildfires by midsummer. Mountain snowpack has been below average across the High Sierra, southern Cascades and the Great Basin, and the agency warns that these areas need to be monitored closely as fuels continue to dry out.
Related articles:
- Accuweather: Building heat, gusty winds may fuel wildfire concerns in California later this week
- The Weather Channel: California snowpack already nearly bare as drought worsens
- SFGate.com: Sierra snowpack is 3% of May average: Here’s what that means
- SJVWater.com: Blog: Dry year, not politics, behind 15-percent water allocation