Oregon wildfire forecast and preview for summer 2024

Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues

In this episode, host Zach Urness talks about the wildfire forecast for the summer of 2024 and the fires burning right now. Urness lays out what type of wildfire season is expected using interviews with fire weather meteorologists, who explain how drought, fuel moisture and El Nino to La Nina weather patterns could impact wildfires across the state this summer. Urness breaks down the hot spots for fire danger, and where active wildfires have already had an impact on summer 2024 in the state.