snowpack

Rain, followed by rain, and some deep mountain snow

Keith Seinfeld — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:08:15 +0000

At least three or four more days of rainstorms are headed to the northwest. They'll cycle through approximately every 18 hours, says KPLU weather expert Cliff Mass, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington.

State struggles to open some mountain passes due to snow

Tom Banse — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:09:15 +0000

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Fresh snow in the mountains has slightly delayed the reopening of one high mountain pass in the Washington Cascades. Highway crews are on track to reopen two other scenic cross state routes before Memorial Day.

What's slowing them down? The snowpack is deeper than average for this time of year in Washington, north Idaho and the northern Oregon Cascades.

More snowpack means more electricity this summer

Dave Meyer — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:20:30 +0000

The Pacific Northwest has emerged from winter with an above average snowpack, and that's good news for the region's hydroelectric dams. Seattle City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco says, “The snowfall we have received in the mountains this winter was fantastic.”