JoshK Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Wow, check this out. Looks like we are above normal in snowpack now. Look how sad and pathetic last year's numbers look. CLIMATOLOGICAL SNOWDEPTH INFORMATION NORTHWEST WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER SEATTLE WASHINGTON DAY 15 MONTH 1 YEAR 2006 WAZ012-017-018-019-025-042-ORZ011- DATA IN INCHES, -99 DENOTES MISSING DATA CURRENT CLIMATE PER CENT LAST THRU 2005 THRU 2005 DEPTH AVERAGE OF NORMAL YEAR MAX/YEAR MIN/YEAR HURRICANE 74 65 114 25 111/2000 10/1981 MT BAKER 134 107 125 58 180/1971 15/1981 STEVENS 81 72 112 41 146/1969 6/1981 SNOQUALMIE 83 64 130 22 123/1969 0/1981 STAMPEDE -99 71 -99 13 179/1972 0/1981 MISSION 48 36 133 20 63/1995 12/1981 CRYSTAL 70 47 149 26 91/1971 3/1981 PARADISE 135 111 122 55 216/1969 31/1981 WHITE PASS 50 44 114 13 80/2000 0/1981 TIMBERLINE 120 101 119 52 170/1975 10/1981 MEADOWS 110 86 128 34 144/1989 0/1981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I almost posted this in response to your post on Cascade River Road. It seems like this is an incredible snow year, but it is really just average. Almost anything would seem great compared to last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Snotel has some interesting things to say. Washington begins around page 36. Elbow Lake is at 124%, while Thunder Basin is at 85% normal. The basin average for the Baker/Skagit/ Nooksack is at 89%. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/sno_narr3_pl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocNoggin Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 DAMN! 1981 was a bad year! makes last year look good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magellan Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Not just last year, but three of the last five. Can anyone even remember 98-99? Summer of 99 I saw snow five feet deep at 4500' elevation in early september. I did one hike that year that didn't warrant an ice axe. Oh yeah, 1981. The year the North Cascades Hwy 20 never closed all winter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_A Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Wow, this is crazy. Timberline is up to 138 inches. Neck and neck with Paradise, and more than Baker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Someone quickly post an ANTI-JINX in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Wow, this is crazy. Timberline is up to 138 inches. Neck and neck with Paradise, and more than Baker... But Chinook Pass is the undisputed king, with 172 inches. Still just a relatively "normal" year so far though, nothing special... (or it soon will be, as the extended forecast is trending towards drier weather again) Edited January 19, 2006 by philfort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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