UCLA
California weather is yo-yo-ing around a bit this spring. Is it time for rain and snow or heat waves and wildfires in the Southwest? Join UCLA and UC ANR climate scientist Daniel Swain for a live Q&A today exploring California's weather and wildfire outlook, heat and snowpack in the greater Southwest, and a brief update providing context to federal government action. Swain's office hours occur today: Tuesday, April 29, 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET. (Link below).
Join live to ask questions in the chat, or use the same link later to review the recording. For a preview of some of these topics, visit Swain's latest blog post:
- A warmup, then cool down, then … snow?: "After a brief warmup this week, another colder and somewhat damp system appears likely to arrive in California this coming weekend. This system will … probably generate fewer coastal showers … The bigger story may be in the higher mountains, especially the Sierra, but also perhaps the highest mountains of SoCal, where a significant late spring snowfall could again occur."
- Shifting baseline syndrome: "There's nothing inherently wrong with using a 30-year moving average window that shifts each decade; we've got to choose something. But it does leave us susceptible to what others have termed 'Shifting Baseline Syndrome' – essentially, the fact that conditions that would have been exceptional or even record-breaking just decades ago are increasingly perceived as 'ordinary'
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