Offices vital to wildfire prediction and tracking to close July 17th

The NOAA regional centers began closing yesterday. The Western Regional Center, which is vital for wildfire and smoke prediction and tracking, closes July 17th, just when wildfire season really gets going.

https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/stand-up-for-noaa-research-the-time-to-act-is-now/?_zs=NQkug1&_zl=O8bAA

Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County Zoom meeting April 9th 2025

Agenda for tonight’s FSCSC Zoom meeting

Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday March 12, 2025 @ 5:30 PM

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Meeting ID: 814 2669 5664
Passcode: 639023
Welcome and Meeting Purpose
Introductions and Announcements
In Attendance:
Review and Finalize Agenda:
Action Items:
1. Siskiyou Media Council, Patricia Lord and Dave McAdams
2. Skyview Firewise, Kris Hake
3. Klamath River Basin Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscape
4. Community Wildfire Defense Grant
5. USFS Update:
  1. Klamath National Forest
  2. Shasta Trinity Ranger District, Joe Rodarm, Brian Murphy
6. CALFIRE
7. CAL TRANS
8. Shasta Valley RCD
9. University of California Cooperative Extension
10. Ore-Cal RC&D
11. Siskiyou Prescribed Burn Association
12. Scott River Watershed Council
13. Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center
14. Sierra Nevada Conservancy
15. Siskiyou County OES
16. Supervisor Nancy Ogren, Siskiyou County BOS
17. Red Cross
18. Pacific Power
19. USDA-NRCS Yreka, Update: James Patterson, District Conservationist
20. Siskiyou County Air Quality-Eric Olson
21. Siskiyou County Sherriff’s update:
22. CHP update:
23. Siskiyou County Natural Resources
24. Steven’s (Wyden Amendment) Funding
25. Local FSC Updates:
  1. Black Mountain
  2. Butte Valley
  3. Copco Lake
  4. Dunsmuir
  5. Greater Weed
  6. Hammond Ranch
  7. Happy Camp/ Orleans/Somes Bar/MKWC
  8. Horse Creek
  9. Juniper Flat
  10. Klamath River
  11. Lake Shastina
  12. Lower Scott River
  13. McCloud
  14. Mount Shasta Area
  15. Quartz Valley
  16. Salmon River
  17. Seiad Valley
  18. Yreka Area
  19. Others Present
Open Forum:
Next Meeting: April 9, 2025
Adjourn

Weatherwest forecasting severe fire season in NorCal

Dr. Daniel Swain: “: I expect an early (re)emergence of fire season across SoCal (due to a very dry winter following two wet years with abundant grass growth), a delayed fire season emergence across NorCal (with an extended favorable prescribed burning window!) but with a potential very active year in grassier/brushier settings beginning in Jul or Aug due to another wet winter being followed by a (potentially) exceptionally hot summer; an early and severe start to fire season across the interior Southwest (especially AZ and western NM), and a re-intensification of severe to extreme drought across the Lower Colorado basin heading into monsoon season. More to come, later, on all of that.”