Winter storms poised to end California’s miserable wildfire season
LOS ANGELES — Fire officials are breathing easier as a Pacific storm system is poised to lower the curtain on Southern California’s wildfire season, weeks after a series of October storms did the same for the rest of the state.
“Fire season is looking like it’s over for California here shortly,” said Nick Nauslar, predictive services meteorologist at the National Interagency Coordination Center.
The agency is now forecasting that the southern portion of the state will see a reduced risk of large fires over the next couple weeks due to below-normal temperatures and near to little above-normal precipitation, which work together to hydrate vegetation.
An upper-level ridge over the Western United States that
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