2026 calendar year. Snowpack is historically low:
It will clearly be a dry summer. But will it also be hot? Just how bad will the wildfire season be?
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@EvanDaniel Now 224283. That's only barely over the next threshold (222916), so I'll wait a bit to resolve, but I expect the number to go up, not down, since things are still burning and containment is low.
The GOES-19 imagery can be both dramatic and relevant, when things are changing quickly:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_band.php?sat=G19§or=sr&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12&dim=1
2026 Colorado wildfires - Wikipedia
66728 so far, by this count. Does not include some recent and/or smaller fires.
@EvanDaniel Now at 111013. Preliminary number, but exceeding 95 by some margin and things are burning.