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NOUS46 KSEW 052132
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WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
230 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2008
...PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST...
RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH VARIED ACROSS THE STATE MOSTLY WELL ABOVE
NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE CENTRAL BASIN WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED
FROM 191 FOR THE OLYMPICS TO 238 FOR THE COAST AND WEST SIDE OF
THE CASCADES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT
CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...COASTS...AND
INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 8.25 INCHES AT CEDAR LAKE...7.84 INCHES AT
CLEARWATER...AND 5.67 INCHES AT GRAYS RIVER RESPECTIVELY.
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED
FROM 94 FOR THE CENTRAL BASIN TO 157 FOR THE PALOUSE AND BLUE
MOUNTAINS. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE
STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND THE LOWLANDS WAS 1.12
INCHES AT MT. ADAMS AND 2.20 INCHES AT NEWPORT RESPECTIVELY.
THE PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER AND BEYOND...THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS CALLS FOR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST. THE
OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER IS FOR SLIGHTLY GREATER CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER
THE OUTLOOK IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW...OR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL
FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER
2007 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2008.
AUG WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12
2008 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
COAST 238 87 127 87
OLYMPICS 191 87 107 87
NORTHWEST INTERIOR 207 95 128 95
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 214 94 126 95
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 203 94 110 93
WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 222 96 121 96
CASCADES 238 99 116 98
EASTERN WASHINGTON
EAST SLOPES CASCADES 94 88 75 86
OKANOGAN 127 71 97 76
CENTRAL BASIN 80 79 59 77
NORTHEAST 123 92 76 91
PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 157 101 104 97
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.
AUG 2008 WATER YEAR TO DATE
PAST 12 MONTHS
INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT
QUILLAYUTE 5.73 215 87.05 89 90.56 89
HOQUIAM 3.06 204 56.01 85 58.51 85
BELLINGHAM 2.77 204 29.70 90 31.20 90
SEATTLE 2.87 281 33.99 96 37.15 100
OLYMPIA 1.86 169 42.66 87 44.90 88
LONGVIEW 2.67 214 46.39 99 47.60 97
CONCRETE 3.97 235 62.17 91 64.46 90
SNOQUALMIE FALLS 3.49 233 58.34 100 61.38 100
RANDLE 3.00 222 52.98 91 55.04 90
DIABLO DAM 4.48 257 72.20 95 74.25 94
STAMPEDE PASS 4.03 183 84.72 106 86.85 103
PARADISE 3.70 162 110.99 96 112.30 94
WINTHROP 0.43 60 12.25 85 12.74 85
STEHEKIN* 0.77 94 30.13 86 30.21 83
LEAVENWORTH* 0.55 94 19.99 82 20.01 80
MOUNT ADAMS 1.12 156 40.55 97 40.58 94
WENATCHEE 0.18 44 6.16 71 6.16 68
YAKIMA 0.32 89 5.90 75 6.09 74
COULEE DAM 0.33 69 6.56 62 7.19 65
LIND* 0.31 80 7.33 78 7.54 76
REPUBLIC 1.36 127 16.12 101 17.04 101
SPOKANE 0.57 84 15.72 99 16.09 97
PULLMAN 1.40 157 20.77 103 20.94 100
DAYTON* 1.15 157 17.59 95 17.69 91
* = ESTIMATED
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