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WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
208 PM PST TUE MAR 3 2014

WASHINGTON STATE GOT THE HOSE TURNED ON IT IN FEBRUARY...WITH NEARLY
EVERYONE SEEING ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE
MONTH. ALTHOUGH FEBRUARY PROVIDED SOME RELIEF...MUCH OF THE STATE
CONTINUES TO SEE BELOW NORMAL VALUES FOR THE WATER YEAR.

IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE MONTHLY PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR
PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 109 PERCENT ON THE COAST TO 156 PERCENT IN
THE PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT
THE CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS...COAST...AND INTERIOR
LOWLANDS WAS 18.10 INCHES AT STAMPEDE PASS ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
CASCADES...10.64 INCHES AT QUILLAYUTE...AND 10.57 INCHES AT ELMA IN
THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR.

FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 115 PERCENT IN THE NORTHEAST REGION TO 238 PERCENT IN
THE OKANOGAN REGION. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT CLIMATE
STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS WAS 11.15 INCHES AT MOUNT
ADAMS RANGER STATION IN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...AND 8.28
INCHES AT CONCONULLY IN THE OKANOGAN REGION.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH AND BEYOND...FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THE
OUTLOOK IS FOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON. THE
MONTHLY OUTLOOK FOR MARCH IS CALLING FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF
NORMAL...ABOVE...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE STATE. THE
THREE MONTH OUTLOOK FROM MARCH TO MAY ALSO CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES
OF NORMAL...ABOVE...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE STATE.

THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL
FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON.  THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER
2013 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2014.

                       FEBRUARY    WATER YEAR      PAST 3       PAST 12
                         2014       TO DATE        MONTHS       MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
  COAST                   109           61           74            85
  OLYMPICS                125           56           67            81
  NORTHWEST INTERIOR      122           82           91           101
  PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS    156           63           75            88
  SOUTHWEST INTERIOR      133           65           77            87
  WEST FOOTHILLS CASCA    135           80           94           100
  CASCADES WEST           150           78           90            97

EASTERN WASHINGTON
  EAST SLOPES CASCADES    230           78           99           100
  OKANOGAN                238           71           81            95
  CENTRAL BASIN           142           56           64            91
  NORTHEAST               115           57           56            79
  PALOUSE AND BLUE MTN    134           68           81            89



THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF
NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE.  OCCASIONALLY
MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM
SURROUNDING STATIONS.

                   FEBRUARY           WATER YEAR       PAST 12 MONTHS
                INCHES    PCT       INCHES    PCT       INCHES    PCT

QUILLAYUTE       10.64    103        39.80     62        89.10    101
HOQUIAM           8.02    111        26.63     59        55.50     90
BELLINGHAM        3.62    124        15.17     72        33.76    102
SEATTLE           6.11    175        16.80     69        36.63    102
OLYMPIA           8.35    158        21.88     65        46.55    101
LONGVIEW          6.79    139        21.64     72        45.99    103

CONCRETE          8.28    127        37.56     83        70.55    108
SNOQUALMIE FALL   8.70    161        30.60     79        61.28    106
RANDLE*           8.18    135        29.40     81        57.71    109
DIABLO DAM       10.71    147        38.28     72        73.38    103
STAMPEDE PASS*   18.10    238        51.40     96        89.50    121
PARADISE         16.37    129        66.26     84       119.21    108

WINTHROP          3.26    245         5.92     66        13.32     91
STEHEKIN          9.47    247        21.26     77        35.95    105
LEAVENWORTH       6.22    237        12.30     68        24.26     99
MOUNT ADAMS      11.15    217        25.42     77        44.04    100
WENATCHEE         0.76     76         1.76     31         8.11     91
YAKIMA            1.43    183         2.56     51         7.09     86

COULEE DAM        0.56     58         2.11     39         8.48     80
LIND              0.99    121         2.75     51         7.30     79
REPUBLIC          1.51    130         4.20     55        15.30     92
SPOKANE           1.81    136         5.15     58        11.81     76
PULLMAN           2.53     88         7.78     66        16.98     89
DAYTON            1.96    115         5.78     56        14.47     81

* = ESTIMATED

$$
GRUB
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
