Weirdest weather here!

[Kathie in Thorp]

Normally by now, we have 8-12" of snow on the ground consistently -- 2 ft. is not unusual. We have zero/zip/nada here at the base of the Cascades. We had the first snow flurry in Nov., and only a couple since -- nothing that stuck. Had some rain showers a few weeks ago. Now, just chilly and foggy. Mind you, I am NOT a Winter Person, but this is not boding well for upcoming irrigation season. :(

 

[tamarack]

The same here we went from -37c to +7c in a day from snow to rain and the wind, had 120km never saw such a January calling for + weather till the end of month WTH?

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I hope we get some snowpack , less than a couple months left.

 

[greybeard]

Looks like you're both gonna be "on the dry side".

 

[Dave]

I drove over the hill last Thursday. There was considerably less than 2 feet of snow on the top of White Pass (4,500 feet). Generally this time of the year there is 5 or 6 feet of snow up there. But the real scary part is how quickly it disappeared as I dropped down the other side. There is going to be a water shortage this summer for those who depend on the mountain snow pack. That is the irrigators in the Yakima, Kittitas, and Wenatchee valleys, but also the cities of Seattle and Tacoma who get the majority of their domestic water from mountain watersheds.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

I drove over the hill last Thursday. There was considerably less than 2 feet of snow on the top of White Pass (4,500 feet). Generally this time of the year there is 5 or 6 feet of snow up there. But the real scary part is how quickly it disappeared as I dropped down the other side. There is going to be a water shortage this summer for those who depend on the mountain snow pack. That is the irrigators in the Yakima, Kittitas, and Wenatchee valleys, but also the cities of Seattle and Tacoma who get the majority of their domestic water from mountain watersheds.

:( Yep, Dave. Could be a hard year for the ag people. Wonder how that need will go against the need for the cities.

 

[Dave]

I drove over the hill last Thursday. There was considerably less than 2 feet of snow on the top of White Pass (4,500 feet). Generally this time of the year there is 5 or 6 feet of snow up there. But the real scary part is how quickly it disappeared as I dropped down the other side. There is going to be a water shortage this summer for those who depend on the mountain snow pack. That is the irrigators in the Yakima, Kittitas, and Wenatchee valleys, but also the cities of Seattle and Tacoma who get the majority of their domestic water from mountain watersheds.

:( Yep, Dave. Could be a hard year for the ag people. Wonder how that need will go against the need for the cities.

They take their water out of different river systems so there wont be a conflict between Seattle and the farmers. But at this point neither one will have enough water to make a good spit.