Categories: Weather

Snow depth maps show Pacific Northwest has become the powder capital of the USA

National snow depth map for the United States (and lower Canada), generated by NOAA’s National Weather Service on December 26th, 2015.
A closeup snow depth map from NOAA’s NWS for the Cascade, Olympic, and Coast Ranges in Washington and Oregon.

Pacific Northwest
Automated Model Discussion
December 26, 2015
  Area Covered By Snow: 68.5%
  Area Covered Last Month: 53.8%
Snow Depth
  Average: 25.4 in
  Minimum: 0.0 in
  Maximum: 1671.2 in
  Std. Dev.: 32.5 in
Snow Water Equivalent
  Average: 5.9 in
  Minimum: 0.0 in
  Maximum: 859.0 in
  Std. Dev.: 9.0 in
National
Automated Model Discussion
December 26, 2015
  Area Covered By Snow: 39.4%
  Area Covered Last Month: 22.4%
Snow Depth
  Average: 4.3 in
  Minimum: 0.0 in
  Maximum: 1671.2 in
  Std. Dev.: 10.4 in
Snow Water Equivalent
  Average: 0.8 in
  Minimum: 0.0 in
  Maximum: 859.0 in
  Std. Dev.: 2.3 in

The numbers aid in telling the story… quite a comparison!

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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