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.”
