A weird water year so far: Abundant rain, sparse snow

Plus: National park shenanigans in Utah

⛈️ Wacky Weather Watch⚡️

The drought situation has improved markedly in the Southwest since the end of the last water year, especially in the Four Corners area. Source: National Drought Monitor.

We are now two months into the water year — and a couple of days into meteorological winter — and so far both are pretty weird. On the one hand, much of the West…