Snow Drought: Warm Winter Results In Water Supply Forecasts For Summer Dropping In Much Of Columbia River Basin

Although precipitation this water year that began in October has been near normal throughout most of the Columbia River basin, temperatures have been considerably higher and snowpack has been lower, except in Canada, according to NOAA’s monthly water supply briefing this week. Snowpack in many areas of central and eastern Oregon are already depleted. According…

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