One expert has forecast a grave situation for some states following uncharacteristic winter weather.
What’s happening?
John Wheeler, the chief meteorologist for WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota, wrote in a column for the Grand Forks Herald that mountainous regions across the Western United States are in a snow drought .
California’s mountain ranges have experienced about half the snowfall they normally receive at this time of year. Flagstaff, Arizona, has gotten around a foot, about 5 feet less snow than the average.
Meanwhile, the Rockies in Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, and New Mexico “are in an extreme winter drought.” Wheeler added that these states still have March and April to receive more snow but that the results thus far have been subpar…