The National Weather Service based in Spokane, WA has issued a Special Weather Briefing for Central and Eastern Washington beginning today through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Cascades which includes ALL of the passes (2,500 feet) tonight through Tuesday night.
While much of the U.S. was pounded by snow this winter, creating immediate problems for many in those regions, the lack of snowfall in our state this winter will make for potentially bigger problems for the Yakima Valley this summer.
Due to warmer temperatures last month, snowpack in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada have further declined. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Hydrologist Cara McCarthy says nearly one-third of SNOTEL sites in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada are reporting the lowest snowpack ever measured and -- for the first time -- some snow sites were snow-free on March 1...