@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass I drove by lake kachess last week and it was fuller than I seen it in a few years. Rife lake is full. Rimrock is 99% full . Bumping reservoir is 99% full. Don’t worry I have two friends who farm in the Yakima Valley. They haven’t had a water shortage yet. I will keep checking
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass I’m just gonna wait till the end of the growing season and when all the irrigation districts get their full allotment of water I will get back in touch with you .
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass I guess will have to agree to disagree. I’m gonna go with my experience of living in Western Washington my whole life and the data cliff mass reported. I think it’s a waste of time declaring a drought.
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass You misunderstood what I meant when I said the rivers are spring fed ,what I meant is once the snow melt melts out the rivers keep flowing because there’s springs that flow into them too. That accounts for the other 30% of the water.
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass Yes, you did say that. On your YouTube channel in some of your previous weather reports, you said the Farmers might not have enough water this summer because of the low snow pack and that is false. They’ll be fine.
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass You are correct they are fed by snowmelt. But even though we only had 50% of our normal snow pack that is still enough to keep our reservoirs full. Our mountains get an abundant amount of snow each winter so even if they’re only 50% it’s enough to carry us through the summer.
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass Also, if you wanna discuss drought on your channel, you could always talk about the drought that is going on in the southwest on the Colorado river. Lake Powell and Lake Mead. They definitely got some serious problems.
@SeattleWXGuy@LocalClim@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass I agree that we are going through one of the lowest water years in 40 years. But I think you are over exaggerating the effect that it will have on our water districts this summer. Even though we had such a low snow pack the rivers never dry up. They are naturally spring fed.
@SeattleWXGuy@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass Ok how about this. There has to be a few thousand water municipalities in the state of Washington. If more than 10 at some point throughout the summer require water rationing. I will admit you were right about the drought. If it’s less you admit I was right.
@SeattleWXGuy@The_Weatherman2@CliffMass If you won’t believe Cliff Mass when he presents the facts to you then you’re not going to believe me either. I know our snow pack was less than 50% of normal. But our reservoir’s are full and we have had above normal rainfall at most locations in Western Washington.