Over 100 Large Wildfires in Western US Burning Almost 2-Million Acres | Less than Half 10-Year Average Six new blazes have taken the number of large wildfires raging across the western US and Alaska to 105, burning almost 2 million acres. 11 states are currently reporting large active fires. Alaska reports seventy, Arizona reports eight, New Mexico six, Idaho and Washington four each, Colorado, Utah, and Montana reporting three, California two, and Oregon and Texas report one each, according […] Fire Firebrains | July 31, 2019 0 Comments
Western US Snowpack Looking Pretty Depressing Right Now The below-average-snowfall start to the season we’ve had is correlating with well-below-average ‘current snow water equivalent’, or snowpack, for the western states. The map above shows that hurting the most are California, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico all with well below average snowpacks. In fact, 99.5% of Colorado is experiencing abnormally dry to drought conditions and its […] Weather Steven Agar | January 12, 2018 1 Comment
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