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Heat Compounds Drought Impacts as Wildfire Season Starts.

Snow drought impacts have intensified as snow melted weeks early this spring.

Drought Impacts Increase Across California-Nevada and Concern for Wildfire Potential Grows.

Combined poor peak snowpack and/or rapid spring melt rates lead to western drought expansion and degradation.

Region Transitions from Dry Winter to Dry Spring with Dry Soils, Rapid Snowmelt, and Intensified and Expanded Drought Impacts.

Snow drought and early, accelerated snowmelt raise concerns as we head into summer.