[pct-l] 2014 Snow, Water and Start Date, & similar...

[Marian Harmon]

We're already seeing some nasty fires in SoCal... AND air quality warnings
being issued today.

>From today's news:
http://ktla.com/2014/01/16/firefighters-battling-brushfire-north-of-glendora/#axzz2qbYhmEGl

This has been named the Colby Fire. It started as a result of a campfire
around 6am and had burned 1700 acres by 1:30pm.This is an area about 16-18
miles (as the crow flies) from portions of the PCT and is heading up in to
the Angeles NF.

Incident link with updates and a map of the burn area:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3766/


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:33 PM, <enyapjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> Another excellent online resource for the snow prognosticators that I have
> not seen mentioned as yet:
> NOAA's NWS Climate Prediction Center's maps, the following 30-day & 90-day
> outlooks just released today -
> <
> http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/13_seasonal_outlooks/color/page2.gif
> >...
> Looking more & more like a low snow/ 'dry' winter & spring for CA - very
> bad for some municipal water
> supplies, and potentially a very bad fire season with very dry 'fuel' on
> hand - be careful out there!  NO FIRES!!!
>
> Happy trails!!!
> Jim (PITA)
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