>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR'S
OPENING BELL DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
OUT WEST. WE'RE WILDFIRES ARE
RAGING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
AND IN NEIGHBORING WASHINGTON
AND OREGON GOVERNOR SOME ON
TUESDAY BLAMED TO HUMANS FOR
CAUSING THE FIRE.
IN THAT THE PLANES ARE
EXACERBATED BY EXTREME WEATHER
DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF FIRES
THAT WE EXPERIENCE ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
COME FROM INDIVIDUALS MAKING
BAD DECISIONS BY SIMPLE
NEGLECT AN ACCIDENT BUT I QUITE
LITERALLY HAVE
NO PATIENTS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
DENIERS IT
SIMPLY FOLLOWS. COMPLETELY
INCONSISTENT THAT POINT OF VIEW
WITH THE REALITY ON THE GROUND,
THE FACTS AS WE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
>> AND HERE TO
DISCUSS MORE IS MATTHEW COOPER
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST FOR THE
WASHINGTON POST. MATTHEW THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING AND A RECORD BREAKING
2.3 MILLION ACRES HAVE BURNED
SO FAR IN
THE STATE. SO DO YOU AGREE WITH
GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON THIS.
>> IT WAS VERY REASSURING AND
JUST NICE TO SEE A POLITICIAN
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN
DISCUSSING CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT CAUSING
THESE FIRES IS HELPING TO
ENHANCE THE EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR THAT WE'VE SEEN WE'VE
SEEN FIRE TORNADOES WE'VE SEEN
SMOKE PLUMES REACHING
40,000 FEET THE SKY AND EXITING
JUST EXTREME AND EXCESSIVE FIRE
BEHAVIOR AND BEING REALLY A
PREDICTABLE FOR MANY PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND TRYING TO FIGHT THEM
IN ADDITION, HE MENTION 2.2 2.3
MILLION ACRES SO FAR
KEEP IN MIND THAT'S A RECORD
AND WE'RE ONLY IN SEPTEMBER AND
FIRE SEASON TYPICALLY GOES
THROUGH AT LEAST NOVEMBER IS
NOT DECEMBER. SO WE HAVE A LONG
WAY AGO AND THINGS WILL GET
WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER.
>> YEAH, WE KNOW THESE
CONDITIONS MAKE IT SO EASY FOR
FIRES TO START SO WE HAVE TO
START THINKING OF OUT
TRIGGERING
MASS EVACUATIONS. HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO
HANDLE THESE FIRES AND POSSIBLE
EVACUATIONS.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION AND UNFORTUNATELY I
WISH I HAD AN ANSWER FOR YOU I
JUST REALLY DON'T I THINK ONE
OF THE ISSUES WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, CALIFORNIA IS
THAT IN THE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE
THE TOPOGRAPHY YOU HAVE SO MANY
PLACES SO MANY COMMUNITIES OUT
THERE. YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE ROAD
IN ONE ROAD OUT AND THAT MIGHT
BE FINE AND WELL
FOR HIM A TYPICAL DAY'S USAGE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO
EVACUATE 10'S OR EVEN YOU KNOW
EVEN MORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
AT ONCE IT'S VIRTUALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO WE
SAW THAT IN 2018 IN PARADISE
CALIFORNIA AND I KNOW MANY
PEOPLE TRYING
TO BACK A REPORT TRAFFIC HAVE
REPORTED CONGESTION THINGS LIKE
THAT AND THAT'S AN ISSUE YOU'RE
REGARDLESS WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S A PANDEMIC WHICH IS
PROBLEMATIC TO BEGIN WITH
THE PANDEMIC IS JUST MAKING
THINGS EVEN WORSE AND MAKING IT
CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO TRY
TO REUNITE AFTER THE FACT ONCE
THEY'RE CLEARED UP AN AREA.
>> MATTHEW SUCH A GOOD POINT I
HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE
ROAD SITUATION. I WANT TO
SWITCH GEARS THOUGH TO DENVER
THIS IS CRAZY EXTREME WEATHER
IN COLORADO. THEY SAW THE
TEMPERATURE DROPPED FROM 93 ON
MONDAY TO 32 DEGREES THE NEXT
DAY. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY
HERE IN DENVER RIGHT NOW I FLEW
OUT HERE WITH MY OWN MONEY
BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SEE THIS
CRAZY
COLD FRONTS AND WHAT HAPPENED
WAS YOU HAD HIGH PRESSURE UP
OVER MONTANA PLUS COLD AIR
SOUTHWARD. AT THE SAME TIME
THAT LOW PRESSURE IN
WESTERN COLORADO. AND SO
INITIALLY ON MONDAY WINDS ARE
OUT THE SOUTH AND AS A RESULT
YOU'RE COMING DOWNHILL DOWN ON
THE PLAY JAMES, AND THAT THEY
WERE SINKING THEY WERE WARMING
THAT TEMPERATURES
NEAR 9093 DEGREES BUT ALSO VERY
DRY NOW THAT DRY.
IT'S IN THE AIR ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO FALL VERY
QUICKLY WHEN THE WIND DIRECTION
SHIFTING FROM THE NORTH
AND AS A RESULT, YOU ALSO HAD
AIR BEING PUSHED UP TILL EXPAND
INTO LOWER
PRESSURE AND COOL AND WE HAVE
THAT EFFECT MAGNIFIED SO WE
HAVE A COMPLETE
180 DEGREE SHIFT IN JUST 24
HOURS TIME WITH YOU COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SEASONS AND JUST
BARELY ONE DAY.
>> YEAH, THE THING THAT STRUCK
ME FROM WHAT YOU SAID WAS THAT
SO IMPRESSIVE THAT YOU'RE OUT.
I THINK WASHINGTON POST IF YOU
HEAR THIS GIVE THIS MAN A RAISE
HE IS
WORKING HARD. BUT I DO WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT
THE SCREECHING HALT AND SUMMER
IS SOMETHING TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT.
>> NOT AT ALL THIS IS JUST
MOTHER NATURE IS NEAR LAS WILL
COME PRECEPT HERE IN FACT THIS
IS VERY A TYPICAL FOR DENVER,
BUT NOT UNHEARD OF LAST
YEAR OCTOBER SAMPLE THEY DROP
FROM 83 DEGREES TO SNOW IN JUST
8 HOURS TIME SO YOU GET THESE
BIG STRONG COLD FRONTS THAT YOU
ONCE EVERY YEAR
ONCE EVERY 2 YEARS BUT TO SEE
ONE THAT THIS IS THIS DYNAMIC
TO GO FROM 90'S 4 DAYS IN A
ROW. WE HAD A 101 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY WHICH WAS
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER
OBSERVED HERE IN SEPTEMBER
DOESN'T GO TO THIS THAT'S ONE
OF THE BIGGEST DROPS WE SEE
I MEAN AND I THINK THERE ARE
ONLY 2 OTHER INSTANCES,
PENTAGON FROM 90 TO SNOW THE
NEXT AND UNDER.
>> AND WHAT DOES THIS REALLY
SAY ABOUT THE UPCOMING FALL AND
WINTER SEASON AS IT PERTAINS TO
SETTLE.
>> APROPOS TO SNOW. IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO EXTRAPOLATE WHAT
EVENT FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
WHAT I WILL
SAY THOUGH YOU KNOW ACROSS THE
BORDER BETWEEN CALIFORNIA HERE
WINTER TIME CLIMATE CHANGE
STRONG AROUND A LOT
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN
CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY YOU SEE
THOSE BIG HEAT DOME HAS MADE
MORE STRONG MADE MORE COMMON BY
CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT IT'S ALSO
THE SAME HEAT ON THIS BIG
ANONYMOUS RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE THAT'S PART OF
TO OUR NORTH
HELPING PUSH SOME OF THIS COLD
AIR SOUTH AND SO ONE OF THE
THINGS WE SEE WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE YET MORE AMPLE
TO TO THE JET STREAM IS MORE
WAY THAT ALLOWS
DIFFERENT AIR NASA'S JUST
SLIGHT MUCH FURTHER THAN THEY
NORMALLY WOULD YOU KNOW VERY
COLD AIR WAY DOWN THERE A LOT
OF KIDS AND VICE OF ARTS WHICH
MAKES
A WEATHER CHANGE MORE
THAT'S ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS
WE'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE I TRY
TO GUESS HOW THAT KIND OF INTO
THE FUTURE EVEN A COUPLE MONTHS
FROM NOW IS TRICKY TO SAY
WHAT I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW, IT'S
LOOKING
LIKELY DENVER, WE'LL HAVE
PERHAPS A TYPICAL YEAR SNOW
WISE BUT TEMPERATURES COULD
STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.
>> AND SPEAKING OF SNOW FOR
DENVER. I THINK A LOT OF THE
TIME PEOPLE HERE SNOW AND THEY
JUST HOPE THEY CAN SKI
ON IT PARTICIPATE IN SOME
OUTDOOR SPORTS. SO WHAT SHOULD
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SNOW
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY CAN SKI OR TAKE PART IN
THOSE OUTDOOR SITUATIONS.
>> WELL THE SNOW HERE CAME ON
SO SUDDENLY I KNOW THAT ON
MONDAY THAT PACKED A SWIMSUIT
AND I WAS WALKING AROUND
SWIMMING OUTSIDE IT WAS
TOASTY STUFF AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN TO SEE ALL THE SCOOTERS
PUT AWAY FOR EXAMPLE AND
EVERYTHING JUST GOT SHUT DOWN
ON TUESDAY PARTIALLY BECAUSE
THE SELLER PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF
THE REDUCED DEMAND PEOPLE TO
SORT
OUT ABOUT IT'S KIND OF
INTERESTING TO SEE IS I THINK
SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO CALL
THIS A COUPLE RESTAURANTS LAST
NIGHT JUST LOOKING FOR A PLACE
FOR SUPPER AND AT LEAST 2 OR 3
THEM WITHIN WALKING
MANY WERE SHUTTING DOWN AT 8
O'CLOCK 9 O'CLOCK JUST BECAUSE
THE REDUCED MAN SO I THINK
PEOPLE YESTERDAY THEY THINK OH
SNOW FUN TIME
ITS RECREATION, BUT THEY ALSO
FORGET THAT THERE CAN BE AN
ECONOMIC IMPACT WHEN PEOPLE
DON'T FREAK IT'S ARE BUSINESSES
WHICH ARE ALREADY ST