June recap on statewide rainfall
The National Weather Service is out with their statewide recap of June rainfall, and boy did it vary: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
900 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
900 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
