I do think this winter will be more interesting than many believe

I think he told you not to look at the AIFS now. I'll have to double check though.

Almost seems like they do because it was distinctly cooler across the whole NW OR and SW WA area. With actual rainfall in May and June unlike this year. As my post stated.

AI tells me it was the East Troublesome Fire and the Cameron Peak Fire.

I flew into Denver in October 2020 and there was a ridiculously massive fire burning, don't remember it's name, but I believe at the time it was one of the biggest in Colorado state history. After going through what we went through in September, it was a bit surreal to see the pyrocumulus cloud from the air. On my way back 4-5 days later I stopped again for an overnight layover in Denver and it snowed about 6".