Jul 22, 2026 · 51 min · 12 segments
In this episode, we speak over the phone with Department of Fire Prevention and Control Deputy Captain Paul Duarte about aerial fire fighting. From intelligence gathering to direct water or retardant…
Marty JonesHost
Owen WoodsGuest
Paul DuarteGuest
We'll have some more information on the Schrader Fire that sparked in the Rio Grande National Forest this past Sunday later in the broadcast.
Man, it pains me to say this, but we are on track to experience the driest July on record today.
across the entire country as drought conditions persist, even in the face of a potentially record-shattering El Nino system.
The U.S. Drought Monitor has most of Colorado experiencing extreme drought conditions, and certainly that is the case here in the San Luis Valley.
The National Resource Conservation Service data indicates statewide mountain precipitation for the month of June was only 39% of median, compared to 112% of median at this time last year.
That brings the statewide precipitation to 75% of median as compared to 86% of median at this time last year.
In the upper Rio Grande Basin, June precipitation was 85% of median as compared to 227% of median at this time last year.
That brings the upper Rio Grande Basin precipitation to 76% of median as compared to 84% of median at this time last year.
The two-week outlook from the National Weather Service shows an above-average chance of higher temperatures and higher precipitation.
The precipitation forecast could deliver some monsoonal-like moisture over most of the desert southwest and Rocky Mountains.
I hate to sound too pessimistic, but at this point, after having a month of predictions of above normal precipitation and the monsoon kicking in, I'm afraid I'm a bit of a skeptic.
Although I was out riding my bike last Thursday north of town near the four south.
And we're going to encourage you to continue to do all your rain dances to get that moisture across the entire San Luis Valley and northern New Mexico.
We'll have some more information on the Schrader Fire that sparked in the Rio Grande National Forest this past Sunday later in the broadcast.
Man, it pains me to say this, but we are on track to experience the driest July on record today.
across the entire country as drought conditions persist, even in the face of a potentially record-shattering El Nino system.
The U.S. Drought Monitor has most of Colorado experiencing extreme drought conditions, and certainly that is the case here in the San Luis Valley.
The National Resource Conservation Service data indicates statewide mountain precipitation for the month of June was only 39% of median, compared to 112% of median at this time last year.
That brings the statewide precipitation to 75% of median as compared to 86% of median at this time last year.
In the upper Rio Grande Basin, June precipitation was 85% of median as compared to 227% of median at this time last year.
That brings the upper Rio Grande Basin precipitation to 76% of median as compared to 84% of median at this time last year.
The two-week outlook from the National Weather Service shows an above-average chance of higher temperatures and higher precipitation.
The precipitation forecast could deliver some monsoonal-like moisture over most of the desert southwest and Rocky Mountains.
I hate to sound too pessimistic, but at this point, after having a month of predictions of above normal precipitation and the monsoon kicking in, I'm afraid I'm a bit of a skeptic.
Although I was out riding my bike last Thursday north of town near the four south.
And we're going to encourage you to continue to do all your rain dances to get that moisture across the entire San Luis Valley and northern New Mexico.
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