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California’s Mountain Snow Cover is Vanishing a Month Early, in a Worrying Setup for Fire Season

/in , , /by /The Washington Postby Diana Leonard

On Monday, California fire officials gathered to launch the state’s annual Wildfire Preparedness Week. The message they delivered was clear: Summer 2020 would not mimic summer 2019, when wildfires mostly remained small and manageable into August.

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Active Pattern to Bring Rain and Snow to the West in the Week Ahead

/in , , /by /The Weather Channelby Jonathan Belles

More rain and mountain snow will move through the West, including communities in worsening drought, in the early part of the week ahead. This wet pattern began when an area of low pressure moved into the California coast on Sunday. It brought more than an inch of rain to much of the Los Angeles area.

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