Despite the barrage of atmospheric rivers this winter, meteorologists say California's wildfire season is looking to be average. Here's when it's expected to peak:
Although the winter storms made a massive dent in the state's drought conditions they also blew down an abundance of trees, branches and limbs which Accuweather meteorologists say will add to the availability of fuels.
"We have downed trees from a lot of the wind damage we've had so there's definitely fuel there. The good news is those will hang onto moisture a little bit further into the season," Collins said. "And then as you go up into the Sierra there's a different dynamic there because of the snowpack. That's going to retard any problematic fire spread until much later in the season.
"Once we get to fall we can always have high fire danger just because it's the driest time of year," said Clements. So the takeaway message is all's green for now. But if you live by grassy hillsides it's more important than ever to cut the growth back this year because of grassland fire potential. There is less fire risk in forested areas than there's been in a long time.
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