Local snowpack melting quickly, sits at 25% of normal

As warm weather caused snowpack throughout the state to melt early, local snowpack is much less than typical for this time of year.

Snowpack in the North Puget Sound basin, which includes the Skagit River basin, is 25% of normal as of June 1, according to a monthly water supply outlook report.

Last year at this time, snowpack was 53% of normal.

Snowpack has also dropped significantly from May 1, when snowpack was 59% of normal, according to the June Washington Water Supply Outlook Report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

May precipitation for the basin was at 84% of normal.

Statewide, snowpack is 17% of normal.

Throughout the state, all snowpack monitoring stations saw earlier than typical snowmelt in April and May.

"In many locations, winter snowpack was at record low levels and many sites melted out abnormally early, setting records for earliest melt-out dates in many locations," reads the report.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is expecting most basins to see adverse impacts to the water supply.

The forecast for the North Puget Sound basin's summer streamflow is expected to range from 65% to 82% of normal.

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