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To: tejek who wrote (148712)	3/15/2015 3:36:01 PM
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the entire coast... PNW Oregon USA 0314 Perilously low snowpack levels in two southeastern Oregon counties have Gov. Kate Brown ready to declare a dought-related emergency. The state’s Drought Council has decided conditions are so dry in Lake and Malheur counties, a crisis is underway. After receiving pleas from both counties to recognize a drought, the council has sent recommendations to the governor to make it official. “It is likely that she will sign them upon receipt,” probably on Monday, Brown’s spokeswoman Melissa Navas said in an email Friday. Declarations for Harney and Klamath counties likely aren’t far behind, said Cory Grogan, a spokesman for the state Office of Emergency Management. The news comes hours after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a drought in three regions of the state, including the Olympic Peninsula, the east side of the central Cascades and the Walla Walla region. oregonlive.com Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin – March 1, 2015, British Columbia bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca Temperatures across British Columbia continued to be well above normal through the month of February. Temperatures were generally 3-5°C above normal, with the largest temperature anomalies occurring in southwest British Columbia. February sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific Ocean off the shores of British Columbia have continued to be several degrees above normal. February precipitation trends have been varied across the province. Vancouver Island, South Coast, and the Kootenay’s experienced below normal precipitation. Above normal precipitation occurred in the Okanagan, Central Interior, Northwest and Northeast BC. With increased temperatures, rainfall was the dominant form of precipitation through mid-elevation terrain. Snow Pack Snow pack accumulation trends from early in the season have persisted throughout February. Modest declines in snow basin indices were observed in most basins between the February and March surveys. With the exception of the Upper Fraser West, all regions of the province have near normal or below normal March 1st snow basin indices (Figure 1). Snow basin indices range from a low of 15 % on the South Coast to a high of 142% of in Upper Fraser West (Table 1 and Figure 1)…. The extremely low snow packs in southwest BC and low snow packs in the low to mid-elevation terrain, are the result of both warmer temperatures and drier conditions through the winter. A high proportion of precipitation has been delivered as rain rather than snow. Snow basin indices are at historic minimum values (30 years of record) in the Lower Fraser, South Coast and Skagit basins, and near minimum values on Vancouver Island. Similar low snow pack conditions in southwest BC were observed in 2005…. Outlook Warm Pacific Ocean temperatures and weak El Niño-like conditions are expected to persist into the spring. However NOAA is suggesting that the influence of El Niño through the spring is likely to be small given the weak nature of the El Niño conditions. In the north Pacific, well above normal temperatures continue to persist and are likely to have a stronger influence on temperature patterns into the spring, particularly along coastal sections of the province. Environment Canada is forecasting a high likelihood of above normal temperatures over the March to May period across British Columbia. .. With the current seasonal weather outlook and snow pack conditions in southwest British Columbia, it is unlikely that snow packs will recover significantly. With extremely low snow packs in the Lower Fraser, South Coast, Skagit and Vancouver Island, runoff from snow melt will be limited. Low flows are expected to occur earlier than normal this year, very low flows can be expected in the summer unless significant rainfall occurs through the spring and summer. To a lesser extent, lower snow packs in the East Kootenay, Boundary, Stikine and Northwest indicate an increased likelihood of summer low flows in these regions as well. A summary of seasonal volume runoff forecasts for select rivers in the province is below. Near normal runoff is forecast for most basins, with below normal runoff forecast for the Nicola (70-78% of normal) and Okanagan (85-86% of normal) and Kalamalka-Wood (59-63% of normal). = cbc.ca BC Forest fire risk rising due to low snowpack Provincial authorities raising warnings earlier than usual due to drier than normal season Mar 06, 2015