YAKIMA, Wash.-- It's been a mild winter
in Yakima and the Tri-Cities so far, but the Bureau of Reclamation says despite
the dry weather.
Snowfall in the mountains is pretty close
to normal.
They say the snow is at about 90 to 100
percent of the yearly average in most places.
The bureau says that could change, especially
since this January was very dry on the mountains.
However, they say they're not worried,
because we often see snowfall in the mountains all the way into April.
"But the way winters go, you get
storms and surges and you get dry periods, so that's not terribly unusual,"
says Chris Lynch with the Bureau of Reclamation.
The bureau isn't the only one keeping an
eye on the snowfall.
Growers around Yakima are also paying
attention, because much of their irrigation water comes from March storms
hitting the mountains.
