General: I'm calling it severely dry because we are 2 standard deviations below the mean for snow, from the past 28 years (uncalibrated measures). Our 28 year average is 110" and we are at 32" for the entire winter, the lowest in our time here.
Agriculture: obviously this is impacted by the lack of moisture. It remains to be seen, for sure. The winter wheat may thrive, as it has already rooted and is growing (beneath our scant snow cover).
Energy: Our panels are currently covered with last week's snow, so we're not producing. Up until that snow we were producing a little more than we were using.
Fire: risk is definitely increasing, though at the moment we have snow cover.
Plants/wildlife: We're starting to see spring-like behavior in plants (buds, etc.).
Water: As above, I think we're in trouble.
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