Water Supply Outlook for Washington and Federal-State-Private Cooperative Snow Surveys

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Excerpt from Water Supply Outlook for Washington and Federal-State-Private Cooperative Snow Surveys: As of May 1, 1974The snow packs in the state and tributary basins all indicate well above normal snow cover on the ground as of May 1. The range is from 191 above normal on the Olympic Peninsula to 2342 above normal in the Methow. The one snow course in the Klickitat Basin has a snow pack that is 3llz greater than average. When comparing these snow packs to that Which occurred during the dry year of 1973, the numbers are somewhat ludicrous, for example, in the Lewis River the snow pack is 6761 greater than last year and in the Wenatchee 6651 greater. The snow pack usually reaches its maximum on or about April 1 except at the very high snow courses in the Cascade Mountains, but this year just about all snow courses in the high middle range and low high range increased water equivalent from.that measured on the first of April. This was due, in part, to the above normal precipitation and the cool days, resulting in little melt of the snow pack. The lower elevation snows, of course, are gone and this will help in the overall seriousness of the potential flood danger. There is more area at lower elevations than at higher elevations and this low elevation snow tends to be more flashy than that Which is in the upper reaches.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.