Cascade Crud

A surface high over the northeast pacific combined with lower pressure east of the cascades will maintain onshore flow across western washington for the next week or so. In this pattern...marine clouds will push inland during the late night and morning hours then burn back toward the coast during the afternoons. An upper level trough over the area will produce a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms along the cascade crest. more...

Unusual wet and cool weather has been seen in the Northwest so far in June. NWAC weather stations in the Cascades have measured an astounding 3 to over 9 inches of water equivalent. Snow levels have mostly been in the 6-8000 foot range. This weather is likely to have produced up to several feet of snowfall above 8000 feet with lesser amounts down to about 6000 feet. (west slopes summary) more...