by the time mid-may arrived we saw this really sharp transition. >> was there no weather trend that indicated that we would be in this situation? >> we had a la nina in place's generally indicative of a drought. is conditions were in place, and farmers were really hopeful back in the spring. but when june and july rolled around, 55% of the lower 48 in a moderate to extreme drought. >> your book is title "the weather of the future" i imagine people come to you all the time and say what is the future here? what is the answer. >> it death means more extremes, we're talking heat exstreams, wildfire extremes. >> obviously you know there are