At times during this and any fire season, it can seem like every single person who works for the Oregon Department of Forestry is out fighting fires. But somebody has to stay in the offices.
Count Pete Parsons among them. He is an ODF meteorologist, keeping track of the weather now and in the future.
One of his duties is to prepare a seasonal climate forecast, and he just delivered one a matter of days ago. So we have many questions, including just what we can expect for the rest of the summer and the early fall. Pete Parsons visits with some projections.