WA’s sunny days spell trouble for snowpack
One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as "ominous." ...
Nevada snowpack takes a turn for the worse following warm, dry conditions
Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River basins — major sources of water for the Reno-Sparks area — declined by about 50% ...
Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
B.C. snowpack at 72% of normal as of Feb. 1 after 'extremely dry' January
British Columbia’s average snowpack measured 28 per cent below normal at the start of February, after an “extremely dry” ...
Atmospheric river hitting West with rain, snow; yet another storm on the way
Snow could fall at rates near 2 inches per hour ... The heavy mountain snows are set to spread across much of the West Coast ...
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Weather Alert: Winter weather advisory for Oregon, snow and wind impact travel Thursday-Friday
TRI-CITIES, Wash.- Winter weather advisories are in effect across Oregon from Thursday through Friday, with high wind warnings for the foothills and Southern Grande Ronde Valley. These conditions coul ...
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Flatlining salmon and steelhead numbers in the Columbia Basin are a success and a cautionary tale
Jeremy FiveCrows, communications director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), said 15 to 20 million adult salmon and steelhead returned to the basin historically ...
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WA’s sunny days spell trouble for snowpack
“It’s not great,” she said. The Olympic Peninsula currently sits at around 81% of normal snowpack, while the upper and central Columbia River basin sits at 86% and 75% of normal ...