This map depicts the percentage of water stored within the snowpack relative to normal. You can see most of the state is well below normal. A combination of mediocre storms and lots of dry days (think back to just last week) and we end up with this low, below average snowpack. Notice how the southern …
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Historic Dry Streak
As of September 4th we have gone 85 days straight with no measurable rain at the Salem Airport. In the weather world "measurable rain" is one hundredth of an inch (.01") or more which means "trace" amounts do not count. Putting our drought & historic dry streak in perspective 1.) Long periods without rain here …