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Weather
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the State Climatologist’s office at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, said. "Even if we have less than average rainfall in the winter months, it will not be as devastating as in summer months or as in past years' winter months."
Mr. Knappenberger said with groundwater levels up and the wet conditions persisting, natural evaporation is less due to lower fall and winter temperatures, which keeps moisture in the soil. “And, the good new is that the weather patterns are still fairly active. We are not looking at any extended dry conditions," he added.
With wetter conditions, the chance of small brush fires and larger forest fires, usually common during dry fall months, lessens. This is a change from past years as forest rangers and volunteer firefighters remember.
“This time of year brushfires can be a real problem" Chief Forest Warden Tippy Jenkins said. “The
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