August 30, 2008
- Seattle, Washington
June recap on statewide rainfall
By Scott SistekThe National Weather Service is out with their statewide recap of June rainfall, and boy did it vary: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA900 AM PDT FRI JUL 9 2008 ..WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE... JUNE PRECIPITATION RESULTS WERE MIXED WITH MUCH BELOW NORMAL TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE STATE. FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 85 FOR THE COAST AND CASCADES TO 133 FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...COASTS...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 9.12 INCHES AT SOUTH FORK TOLT DAM...4.68 INCHES AT NASELLE...AND 4.82 INCHES NEAR CATHLAMET RESPECTIVELY. FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 76 FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TO 121 FOR THE OKANOGAN REGION. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS WAS 1.34 INCHES AT MT. ADAMS AND 2.45 INCHES AT NORTHPORT RESPECTIVELY. THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY AND BEYOND...THE OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS FOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY THE OUTLOOK IS FOR A GREATER CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER IS FOR SLIGHTLY GREATER CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE AND FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF NORMAL...ABOVE NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE REST OF THE STATE. THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER 2007 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2008. JUNE WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12 2008 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS WESTERN WASHINGTON COAST 85 83 68 85 OLYMPICS 89 86 64 88 NORTHWEST INTERIOR 133 93 99 92 PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 117 92 78 95 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 87 93 69 91 WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 94 93 83 93 CASCADES 85 97 78 95 EASTERN WASHINGTON EAST SLOPES CASCADES 76 89 49 86 OKANOGAN 121 71 62 75 CENTRAL BASIN 63 82 62 77 NORTHEAST 90 95 71 87 PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 119 102 87 94 THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. OCCASIONALLY MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM SURROUNDING STATIONS. JUNE 2008 WATER YEAR TO DATE PAST 12 MONTHS INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT QUILLAYUTE 2.70 77 78.63 85 87.82 86 HOQUIAM 2.34 101 52.15 83 58.23 85 BELLINGHAM 2.37 125 26.67 87 29.98 86 SEATTLE 1.64 110 30.64 91 35.97 97 OLYMPIA 1.41 79 40.38 86 45.03 89 LONGVIEW* 1.97 87 42.96 96 46.91 95 CONCRETE 2.37 79 57.29 89 62.33 87 SNOQUALMIE FALLS 2.81 96 53.83 97 59.48 97 RANDLE 4.18 149 49.58 89 55.16 91 DIABLO DAM 1.29 52 66.99 93 71.25 90 STAMPEDE PASS 4.18 105 79.51 105 87.35 104 PARADISE* 3.34 85 106.21 96 112.55 94 WINTHROP 0.97 92 11.69 90 12.75 85 STEHEKIN 0.34 38 29.15 87 30.08 83 LEAVENWORTH* 0.64 76 18.92 81 19.92 79 MOUNT ADAMS 1.34 126 39.38 97 40.61 94 WENATCHEE 0.18 26 5.98 75 6.19 68 YAKIMA 0.29 47 5.53 76 5.85 71 COULEE DAM 0.87 92 6.08 64 7.58 68 LIND* 0.36 63 6.98 81 7.51 75 REPUBLIC 1.74 99 13.72 101 15.17 90 SPOKANE 1.00 85 15.15 105 16.52 99 PULLMAN 1.46 112 19.16 104 19.80 94 DAYTON 1.38 130 16.42 95 17.17 88 * = ESTIMATED $$ JBB WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE |
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