Air Stagnation Advisory
Expires 4:00 PM PST on February 06, 2012
Statement as of 3:18 PM PST on February 3, 2012
... Air stagnation advisory remains in effect until 4 PM PST
Monday...
* air quality... likely to deteriorate as the period of stagnant
air continues.
* Restrictions/burn bans... contact your local air pollution
control agency for information about potential burn bans.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
An air stagnation advisory means that limited movement of the air
mass over the advisory area will allow pollution to increase to
dangerous levels. Persons with respiratory illness should follow
their physicians advice for dealing with high levels of air
pollution.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 9:01 PM EST on February 3, 2012
600 PM PST Feb 4 2012
The precipitation for the month of January was near to slightly
above normal for western Washington with a larger spread relative to
normal for eastern Washington. The southern half of the state
generally received higher amounts of precipitation relative to
normal.
In western Washington... the monthly percentage of normal for
precipitation ranged from 95 for the northwest interior to 125 for
the southwest interior. The greatest amount of precipitation at
climate stations for the mountains... coast... and interior lowlands
were 21.48 inches near the Hoh Ranger station in the Olympics... 17
inches at Clearwater... and 18.75 inches near the Mayfield Power
Plant in the southwest interior respectively.
For eastern Washington... the percentage of normal precipitation
ranged from 78 for the northeast region to 131 for the east slopes
of the Cascades. The greatest amount of precipitation at climate
stations for the mountains and lowlands was 10.79 inches at The
Mount Adams Ranger station... and 3.46 inches at Pomeroy in the
Palouse region.
The outlook for February and beyond... for the next two weeks the
outlook is for drier than normal conditions for most of the state.
For the rest of the month the outlook is for equal chances of
above... below... or normal precipitation for the entire state. The
three month outlook beginning in February and ending in April calls
for above normal precipitation 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
2011 and ends 30 September 2012.
January water year past 3 past 12
2012 to date months months
western Washington
coast 106 85 82 100
Olympics 109 84 84 100
northwest interior 95 79 79 97
Puget Sound lowlands 119 89 87 103
southwest interior 125 87 87 97
west foothills Cascades 117 92 89 105
Cascades west 112 95 92 106
Eastern Washington
east slopes Cascades 131 96 95 110
Okanogan 94 62 53 93
Central Basin 79 51 39 78
northeast 78 72 70 88
Palouse and blue mtns 142 84 82 103
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.
New month water year past 12 months
inches pct inches pct inches pct
Quillayute 15.59 114 166.56 108 105.34 121
Hoquiam 9.26 95 107.68 102 67.15 114
Bellingham 3.74 96 49.82 96 30.58 107
Seattle 6.83 133 62.21 109 38.24 117
Olympia 8.72 116 81.17 103 52.14 117
Longview 6.11 96 76.04 101 50.02 115
Concrete 12.00 120 108.88 99 68.94 116
Snoqualmie falls* 9.86 117 100.56 108 65.12 125
Randle 8.90 100 104.84 112 69.11 131
Diablo dam 13.37 117 130.78 105 83.96 129
Stampede Pass 13.90 111 141.60 109 93.41 131
Paradise * 20.47 112 195.10 105 127.62 126
Winthrop 4.60 230 29.17 129 21.64 155
Stehekin 8.32 130 49.94 84 33.99 111
Leavenworth * 4.81 109 41.04 102 28.15 127
Mount Adams 10.79 152 80.85 118 51.06 130
Wenatchee 0.95 70 10.92 79 7.01 87
Yakima 1.18 101 12.48 101 7.91 103
Coulee Dam 0.90 90 13.75 88 10.44 98
Lind * 0.83 79 13.25 92 8.24 90
Republic 1.30 92 23.65 104 17.00 106
Spokane 1.82 100 26.09 109 15.58 109
Pullman 2.89 117 29.91 98 20.01 105
Dayton 3.30 143 27.99 99 18.17 103
* = estimated
