snowpack

In a few weeks, relay teams will race from the snowy hills of Mount Baker Ski Area to the salty waters of Bellingham Bay. But organizers have to really watch the snow.

The next couple of weeks will determine just how challenging it could get this summer for agricultural irrigators, fish and wildfire.

Snow and ice have hit the lowlands across the Northwest lately, but how are we doing up high? What’s the snowpack looking like across Washington and Oregon?

Scientists in Washington recently used NASA satellites to learn more about snow in the mountains and manage water resources.

Researchers in the Northwest are studying dirty snow – and how cleaner snow could someday help with water resources around the world.

Researchers are looking into changes in the snowpack related to wildfires that could ultimately make it more difficult for plants, animals, and human communities to have adequate water supplies.

It appears a pattern of heavy storms in the Pacific Northwest may have obscured the effects of climate change over the past 20 years. Researchers here…

Any sunshine seen early Friday was probably just a tantalizing taste of what won’t be the pattern for at least a week here in the Pacific Northwest, says…

The latest Washington state water supply forecast is out and managers said Monday there’s no reason to believe the state might face drought this year.

Scientists have new cautionary predictions based on the low Northwest snowpack levels of the last two winters.