[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (4/30/12-12PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
04/30/2012	1145	The May 2012 Northern California Monthly Fire Weather / Fire Danger Outlook has been posted: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/outlooks/monthly_outlook.pdf
04/27/2012	0645	The 2012 California Preliminary Seasonal Assessment has been posted to http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/outlooks/seasonal_outlook.pdf . The assessment covers May - August of this year, but please note that this is the annual preliminary version. In June we will update to the final 2012 version, as we enter the core (late June through October) of the Region 5 fire season. Hopefully, the present uncertainty as to effects of a 'budding El Nino' will be much more clear by then. Monthly Outlooks will continue to be published around the 1st of each month. The Monthly Outlooks have a much higher forecast confidence level.
04/26/2012	0930	As reported in yesterday's Daily SIT Report, Geographic Area units have reported a year-to-date total of 389 fires for 618 acres, and have achieved 178 prescribed fire projects for 24,744 acres. http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/situation/sitreport.htm
04/26/2012	0730	The weekly Drought Monitor graphic for California produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center indicates as of April 24, short-term drought conditions throughout California have improved slightly. Statewide, data shows 15.84% of the state now has no drought conditions (no change from last week's report), 23.93% is classified as "Abnormally Dry" (also no change), 37.36% as "Moderate" (increasing from 33.88%), and 22.87% is considered to experiencing "Severe" short-term drought conditions (decreasing from 26.35% last week). Overall, 3.48% of the State has improved from the "Severe" into the "Moderate" category; this improvement has come in a line from southern Tehama to northeastern Madera counties.
04/25/2012	1400	The 2012 California Federal IMT rotations have been posted: Type-1 IMT: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/team_rotations/2012_CA_IMT1_Rotation.pdf Type-2 IMT: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/team_rotations/2012_CA_IMT2_Rotation.pdf

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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