Pretty much everything north of the Lochsa is below average. Fortunately we had a warm winter, with about normal precip, so we got a lot of recharge to the water table here in Eastern Washington. It's not super, but it beats the last 3 years which have been grim to disastrous. Lake levels are up a bit, should be coming up more in the next weeks, and small water should be running for a while. Helps fish and wildlife a lot. But north of here, boy. not good. This may be another in a series of epic fire years in BC/Alberta.
After the last couple years, I'm starting to hate deep summer as much as winter. Couldn't leave my house without another fire inching close to my property. Basically lost a month of planned fishing, family visits and outings due to fire danger (very) close to home.
Feel this year will be more of the same.
But I still have my house, which some nearby residents can't say. So I can't complain.
Definelty more sensitive to it this spring, but my wooded property already feels dry in a way, not as lush as normal. Here we go....
Thank you! I just downloaded it."Watch duty" app is a life saver if you have a fire close, or are just interested, highly recommended (with notifications on if in dry area). Shows locations, ample and quick updates, ect.
I've been checking his blog daily ever since the news story about the drought dropped, hoping he'd shed some levity on it. and he did, as usual.An interesting counterpoint from the very knowledgeable Cliff Mass:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topicscliffmass.blogspot.com
An interesting counterpoint from the very knowledgeable Cliff Mass:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topicscliffmass.blogspot.com
Indeed...nobody gets upset when things turn out a bit better than forecasts predict.Cliff is right. Government agencies have incentive to declare drought or states of emergency. This is not meant to discount the last few summers of abnormal fire and true drought activity.
I can't dispute that Professor Mass is well-qualified in this field. But he loves taking a contrarian stand and he is VERY good at sleight of hand. In my opinion, he is a "climate change minimalist" as I suspect that he knows that he would be considered a quack if he went total denial. His blog is good evidence of this perspective.An interesting counterpoint from the very knowledgeable Cliff Mass:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topicscliffmass.blogspot.com
I believe it is good to have the contrast of a less dire prediction from someone who is particularly knowledgeable about PNW weather.An interesting counterpoint from the very knowledgeable Cliff Mass:
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topicscliffmass.blogspot.com