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Fri Apr 30, 2021, 05:09 PM Apr 2021

Wildfire concerns loom with dry weather outlook in Washington

Western Washington is starting off wildfire season on the wrong foot with dry spring conditions fanning the flames of what could another destructive season.

While the Puget Sound region experienced patches of rain last weekend, the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) noted that it was not enough to erase months of deficits, and drought conditions are expected to persist in Washington. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle, this April has been 7th warmest on record, preceded by the 11th driest March.

Much of Western Washington is currently classified by the United States Drought Monitor as being "abnormally dry."

"The start of the 2021 spring in the western U.S. does not bode well for the remainder of the region’s dry season. As the wet season in the West comes to a close, the U.S. Drought Monitor has never seen this level of exceptional drought in its 21-year plus history," wrote NDMC Director Mark Svoboda in the agency's quarterly newsletter.

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/wildfire-concerns-loom-wa-dry-weather-outlook-16138747.php

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