Record rainfall this week could mean the end of wildfire season for much of Northern California, experts said, but conditions in the Southland remain more tenuous, and the coming weeks could still bring wildfire danger.
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Southern California saw much less rain than the Bay Area and Sierra Nevada, and this region’s prime fire months often come later, with huge blazes of the past burning into November and December.
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Many of the factors that drive fires, such as drought-dried vegetation, strong winds & high temps, remain a possibility in Southern California.
Officials say rising temperatures and Santa Ana winds in the next month could erase any moisture gains.
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A recent seasonal outlook from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration calls for below-normal precipitation and worsening drought conditions in Southern California through at least February.
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Were a warm Santa Ana wind event to move into the region, it would essentially act like a blow dryer for the moistened landscape, drying it out again and priming it for further ignition.
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Crews this year have battled more than 8,200 fires across the state, according to Cal Fire. Nearly 2.5 million acres have burned, and countless residents have suffered the effects of the fires’ harmful smoke.
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CalFire spokeswoman Christine McMorrow was hesitant to call the storm a season-ender in any part of the state, north or south, but noted that it did reduce immediate fire danger.
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