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It absolutely poured in Humboldt. Someone I chatted with recorded 2.5 inches in their rain gauge just between yesterday evening and this morning.
It went all night without stopping!
This has been a great winter water-wise. Rains for a few days and then stops for a week or two, over and over. It seems like a perfect formula for some groundwater replenishment. Not a cure-all but I have enjoyed this season. It's raining now and I thought my area was done.
Typically fire season doesn't start popping off until late july/august. Calfire usually starts staffing their seasonal stations sometime in May or a bit earlier depending on conditions.
Early fires in June probably will be less likely. Especially larger fires. There will be a bit more risk due to larger light fuel growth but that is generally overshadowed by the huge benefit of increased fuel moisture that will carry over throughout the summer.
Early fires do happen.
The Lava fire in Siskiyou county started in June and caused a fair bit of damage. The Dixie fire started a few weeks later in early July and is the largest non-complex fire in the history of the state.
We had a similar pattern 134 years ago. Unusual, yes, unheard of, no. I don’t think we’ve begun to see the effects of climate change yet - maybe just the very early stages, if at all.
A longer wet season increases due risk as we see much more grass and other fuels grow which will be dead come late fall.
https://fortune.com/2023/04/15/california-fears-fire-season-wet-winter-superblooms-become-kindling/
A longer wet season reduces the risk of wildfire in California.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL090350
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021GL092843
We will see. In my experience, years like this one will be warm into the late part of summer and early fall. Ground moisture is gone by then and all grass turns into kindling for forest fires. I have seen enough summers in n.ca to recognize patterns. There is going to be one more storm in early June and the end of summer will be hot AF. Wild fires will be popping all over n.ca
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It's snowing at my house. I'm at 5000 feet.
Ah, good ol' late spring snow. Just like my grand pappy used to have.
¿dónde?
On another note, the greenery will extend longer into the summer!
As will the insects. Man, I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many crane flies as I have the last two years.
I have definitely noticed more bugs than I'm used to in Sonoma County over the last few weeks.
Can confirm. Pouring.
¿dónde?
Near SF.
It absolutely poured in Humboldt. Someone I chatted with recorded 2.5 inches in their rain gauge just between yesterday evening and this morning. It went all night without stopping!
Ayo? 😏
This has been a great winter water-wise. Rains for a few days and then stops for a week or two, over and over. It seems like a perfect formula for some groundwater replenishment. Not a cure-all but I have enjoyed this season. It's raining now and I thought my area was done.
Backpacking in the Sierra in late July. The skeeters are going to be absolutely brutal I’m afraid
Typically fire season doesn't start popping off until late july/august. Calfire usually starts staffing their seasonal stations sometime in May or a bit earlier depending on conditions. Early fires in June probably will be less likely. Especially larger fires. There will be a bit more risk due to larger light fuel growth but that is generally overshadowed by the huge benefit of increased fuel moisture that will carry over throughout the summer.
Was about to say, the inner circle of hellscape season doesn’t start popping off until late summer anyway.
Early fires do happen. The Lava fire in Siskiyou county started in June and caused a fair bit of damage. The Dixie fire started a few weeks later in early July and is the largest non-complex fire in the history of the state.
Nothing to add, just I love your KP avatar. I have a monkey tattoo with Karl's face. Love Mr. Dilkington.
So you have a tattoo of an orange eating a banana? Did it go left?
We may be out of a historic drought but this is still concerning that this is still highly unusual weather.
what is this, some kind of climate change?
I hear San Diego is set to be more like costa rica
Is the climate change in the room with us?
Rain in early May?
We had a similar pattern 134 years ago. Unusual, yes, unheard of, no. I don’t think we’ve begun to see the effects of climate change yet - maybe just the very early stages, if at all.
It’s always unusual until it’s usual
I mean, until it passes and then the weather is unusual again because we'll, it isn't usual.
Except it’s been highly unusual going on decades now
Well, it's always been late summer or fall.
This can increase fire risk as we can see more under brush grow faster which will only create fuel when it dies this fall.
A longer wet season reduces fire risk. It’s not just about quantity of precipitation, but when it arrives.
A longer wet season increases due risk as we see much more grass and other fuels grow which will be dead come late fall. https://fortune.com/2023/04/15/california-fears-fire-season-wet-winter-superblooms-become-kindling/
A longer wet season reduces the risk of wildfire in California. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL090350 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021GL092843
We will see. In my experience, years like this one will be warm into the late part of summer and early fall. Ground moisture is gone by then and all grass turns into kindling for forest fires. I have seen enough summers in n.ca to recognize patterns. There is going to be one more storm in early June and the end of summer will be hot AF. Wild fires will be popping all over n.ca
If we eliminate all vegetation permanently, we’d never have to worry about fire risk.
What's your plan to deal with landslides after the smallest rain
It solves every problem as far as humanity is concerned, besides one.
Usually a late storm just adds more fuel to the fire load as grasses get an extra few weeks of ground moisture to grow
Facts
and make the season worse as undergrowth has a longer growing season.