Expires:No;;633339 NOUS46 KSEW 242202 CCA PNSSEW WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 302 PM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 AFTER A DRIER THAN NORMAL MARCH FOR MOST OF THE STATE...APRIL 2013 DID BRING APRIL SHOWERS THAT BROUGHT NEAR TO WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON. EVERY REGION SAW 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL OR GREATER PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH EXCEPT THE NORTHEAST REGION...WHICH SAW 94 PERCENT. THE STATE CONTINUES TO SEE NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL VALUES FOR THE WATER YEAR. IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE MONTHLY PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 105 PERCENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR TO 174 PERCENT IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT THE CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS...COAST...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 16.46 INCHES AT CEDAR LAKE IN THE WESTERN CASCADES...12.02 INCHES AT CLEARWATER...AND 11.53 INCHES AT PALMER IN THE WEST FOOTHILLS OF THE CASCADES. FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 94 PERCENT OVER THE NORTHEAST REGION TO 143 PERCENT OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS WAS 3.33 INCHES AT THE MOUNT ADAMS RANGER STATION ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...AND 2.78 INCHES AT NEWPORT IN THE NORTHEAST REGION. THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY AND BEYOND...FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THE OUTLOOK IS FOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON. THE MONTHLY OUTLOOK FOR MAY IS CALLING FOR DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON...WITH A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE THREE MONTH OUTLOOK FROM MAY TO JULY CALLS FOR DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER 2012 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2013. APRIL WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12 2013 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS WESTERN WASHINGTON COAST 138 115 113 111 OLYMPICS 116 102 96 99 NORTHWEST INTERIOR 176 121 121 114 PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 160 114 93 111 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 105 98 76 96 WEST FOOTHILLS CASCA 158 109 104 105 CASCADES WEST 156 102 101 99 EASTERN WASHINGTON EAST SLOPES CASCADES 143 98 68 91 OKANOGAN 100 111 61 95 CENTRAL BASIN 103 102 65 98 NORTHEAST 94 107 64 90 PALOUSE AND BLUE MTN 111 94 75 93 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. APRIL WATER YEAR PAST 12 MONTHS INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT QUILLAYUTE 10.93 139 96.00 116 110.28 111 HOQUIAM 7.40 145 67.35 118 75.39 112 BELLINGHAM 4.93 190 29.82 111 37.79 107 SEATTLE 5.89 217 36.21 117 42.29 113 OLYMPIA 4.52 128 43.31 102 49.29 99 LONGVIEW* 3.96 105 39.08 101 47.48 99 CONCRETE 7.21 144 62.47 109 73.35 104 SNOQUALMIE FALLS* 8.50 177 53.38 108 63.29 102 RANDLE* 6.84 166 51.39 112 61.59 108 DIABLO DAM 6.68 139 72.65 111 81.51 106 STAMPEDE PASS* 12.90 245 73.35 111 84.75 104 PARADISE 13.72 165 101.79 102 120.34 102 WINTHROP 0.93 122 11.53 107 12.55 85 STEHEKIN 1.56 98 32.64 102 35.86 99 LEAVENWORTH 2.15 194 20.85 97 21.57 86 MOUNT ADAMS 3.33 136 40.30 99 44.66 97 WENATCHEE 0.84 183 5.79 98 6.48 81 YAKIMA 0.40 73 5.10 82 6.41 78 COULEE DAM 0.84 97 6.88 95 8.06 75 LIND 0.50 60 7.81 107 9.86 101 REPUBLIC 1.07 87 13.55 134 17.73 105 SPOKANE 0.94 73 11.49 97 13.84 84 PULLMAN 2.37 135 13.22 87 15.90 78 DAYTON 1.47 85 12.24 86 18.31 96 * = ESTIMATED $$ GRUB