“I think the real story here is that we used to get snow more often in April in Portland and now we don’t.” opb.org/article/2022/0…

❄️☔️📹A lot of folks are curious about how much precipitation and snowpack we've received, how this affects the current drought, and whether this pattern will continue. We address these questions in our latest video update. #orwx #cawx youtu.be/y0N8HRY8WIs

Great to see CoCoRaHS highlighted in one of the nation's top newspapers. washingtonpost.com/science/2022/0…

Reservoirs in NW Oregon boosted by a wet April and good snowpack, but those elsewhere are doing poorly. In those areas, storage levels are critically low and well below storage levels at this time last year. #ordrought #drought #orwx

April was a much wetter and cooler month after record to near-record dry and warm conditions from early January into early April. Learn more in Oregon's May Water Supply Outlook Report: bit.ly/37lC2vQ #snowsurvey

Why and how do non-native invasive plants contribute to wildfire risk? OCCRI director Erica Fleishman discusses with Time magazine. time.com/6305735/invasi… CEOAS - Oregon State

Way back in April 11, 1904, Oregon had one of its warmest April days on record, with 80s and 90s in western Oregon. The map shows the daily highs available then. These types of hot days typically occur during offshore wind events with a strong high pressure ridge to the north.

Streamflows and soil moisture in western Oregon and Washington have dropped rapidly over the last 3 weeks due to poor precipitation and excess evaporation. The drought monitor tomorrow will start depicting these concerning trends. #orwx #wawx

Although signals point to drought development, the good news is that most of Oregon's reservoirs are doing fairly well this spring. Good reservoir storage cannot mitigate all drought impacts, but it can provide valuable water supply during a dry summer.

🔵 Since January 1, much of Arizona and New Mexico have observed normal to well-above-normal precipitation levels. Dry conditions expanded in western Oregon and Washington in response to short-term dryness and very low streamflows. bit.ly/USDM042324 #DroughtMonitor

Western Oregon was hit by a "flash drought" over the past 2-3 weeks, according to OR State Climatologist Larry O'Neill. Warm temps and east winds “sucked record amounts of moisture from the soil." Impact to farming, drinking water, wildfire, etc. Story: tinyurl.com/tsy9kn3p

The latest reservoir storage numbers are in for Oregon, and ... we're doing pretty well overall, especially compared with the last 4 years! The outlier is Cougar Reservoir, which has substantially altered operations in 2022 to increase flows on the mainstem Willamette.