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Oregon’s snow and water supply is in good shape as the weather turns warm and sunny over the next week. The latest storm boosted the state’s mountain snowpack to 109% of normal and continued ...
As a whole, Oregon's snowpack is 104% of normal while precipitation is 105% of normal. Oregon actually had more snow in the mountains a year ago, but precipitation levels were lower last year.
Oregon got between 40 and 70 inches of snow in the Cascade Range and is now at 99% of normal for snowpack and 97% of normal for precipitation.
The average maximum snow depth is 36 inches (0.91 m), but has been as high as 90 inches (2.29 m) on January 4, 1966 after 83 inches (2.11 m) fell the previous December. [ 8 ] Climate data for Chemult, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1937–2018
Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (884 inches (2,250 cm)). 5. Alaska: Valdez: 314.1 inches (798 cm) 95 feet (29 m)
SNOTEL sites make use of meteor burst communications technology. SNOTEL uses meteor burst communications technology to collect and communicate data in near-real-time. VHF radio signals are reflected at a steep angle off the ever-present band of ionized meteors existing from about 50 to 75 miles (80 to 120 km) above the earth.
East Lake's water comes from snow melt, rainfall, and hot springs only. The average depth is 67 feet (20 m), 180 feet (55 m) at the deepest point, and covers 1,044 acres (4.2 km 2). East Lake is about 50 feet (15 m) higher in elevation and is to the east of its twin, Paulina Lake. [2]
Storm should grow Oregon’s snowpack in a major way. The wet start to 2024 has already put Oregon’s drought map at its lowest levels since 2019. That trend should only continue with the rain ...