Water Supply Forecasts Mostly Normal to Above Normal

Normal to above normal is the word for most Eastern Washington rivers and how they are looking currently, though there are some minor concerns about the Okanogan River.

Meteorologist Brent Bower with the National Weather Service said, “The outlook is also looking pretty good for keeping what we have. At least there are no indications of anything that would dramatically derail our water supply for this year.”

The water year has been mostly wetter and colder than normal.

Bower said the projections for March through June are good news for irrigators.

“Equal chances for above or below normal temperatures, so no real signal there at all. In the precip, the area of above normal precip along the Northern Tier has shrunk a little but Washington State is still in the slightly greater odds for wetter than normal.”

Much of Northeastern Oregon is seeing well above normal amounts of water supply with only areas near Hereford and Mason Dam as at average.

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