cascades

Compared to recent years, this winter has been fairly uneventful, and even boring, across the Inland Northwest. However, it appears winter is not going out without a fight as the area will see temperatures drop significantly over the weekend into early next week ...

Several back to back systems have given the Ag community reason for excitement.  After a very dry December and a dry start to the New Year, Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service says the area finally received some much needed snow.  Sh...

The National Interagency Center is out with its forecast and predictions for the upcoming late spring and summer months.  According to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, our area will be monitored closely.   “The wild card this is year is have had a relativity dry late winter and early spring across parts of the Pacific Northwest, so we are expecting an enhanced threat of wildfires in some areas that

The snowpack for the Washington mountains is not where most would like to see it for this time of year.   “We’re not in that bad of shape, we’re in the high 70% to above normal, in places like the Walla Walla area, the Blue Mountains, is 115% of average," said the NRCS' Scott Pattee.  "And that’s a pretty...

The Washington snowpack is not off to a good start.  NRCS’ Scott Pattee said the 11 basins across the state are well off where they should be this time of year.   “We’re in the red for the most part which is the lowest category we can go on the snow maps.  Which means we’re less th...

It may be late January, but a large portion of the Northwest is already dealing with dry conditions.  According to the latest drought numbers from the USDA over 65% of Oregon is under the D0 classification which means abnormally dry for this time of year.  On...

Massive storms last week and over the weekend brought heavy rains and snow to the Cascades.   USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said it’s about that time to think about snow hitting the mountain ranges.   “We have seen some snow already across the Northern Rockies and even across the Northern High Plains and other parts of the West. We are getting to th...