https://www.ventusky.com/snow-cover-map/total
Very cool+normal. It was 11C above what it should be today, with nature up to two months ahead of its normal patterns. This has been our warmest winter since the 1930s and driest since the 1980s at least.
we had utterly torrential rain this last week in the PNW, including in the mountains. massive melting event.
our snow-pack is in tatters.
if we have a dry spring or wet summer, then hopefully fire season won't be so bad.
if we have a wet spring and dry summer, then we are gonna be proper-fucked.
I'm strongly considering moving to Oregon this summer because I'd at least have the sea blowing away wildfire smoke. The Rockies trap and recirculate everything from the west coast so it's like we're on fire even when it's only the megafires in BC.
Question from someone that does not live in a wildfire prone area: You hope for a dry spring so that there won't be much plant growth that can catch fire in summer or what is the logic behind it?
Yeah you got it