THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE LEAST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO IN 25 YEARS. THAT FROM METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE REASON? YOU GUESSED IT: LOTS OF RAIN. HE SAYS SPRING RAINS THAT CONTINUED INTO EARLY JUNE DROVE BACK THE SUMMER WILDFIRE SEASON.
MAXWELL TELLS 770 KKOB, AS OF TUESDAY, THERE HAD BEEN ONLY 90 WILDFIRES STATEWIDE, BURNING A TOTAL OF 12-THOUSAND ACRES. AND HE SAYS THE MONSOON SEASON SHOULD GET UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND, MEANING RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE WITH US FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER…FURTHER DAMPENING THE FIRE SEASON.
