NOUS46 KSEW 112216 PNSSEW WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 315 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2008 ...PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY... RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH VARIED ACROSS THE STATE FROM ZERO TO A COUPLE OF INCHES BUT ALL REGIONS REPORTED WELL BELOW NORMAL. FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 36 FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR TO 65 FOR THE COAST. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...COASTS...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 2.30 INCHES AT PALMER...2.69 INCHES AT QUILLAYUTE...AND 1.43 INCHES AT ARLINGTON RESPECTIVELY. FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 14 FOR THE CENTRAL BASIN TO 56 FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND THE LOWLANDS WAS 0.65 INCHES AT LEAVENWORTH AND 1.04 INCHES AT REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY. THE PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST AND BEYOND...THE NEXT TWO WEEKS CALLS FOR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST. THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW...OR NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOR AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER THE OUTLOOK IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE... BELOW...OR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES AND GREATER CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL ON THE EAST SIDE. THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER 2007 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2008. JULY WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12 2008 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS WESTERN WASHINGTON COAST 65 83 64 82 OLYMPICS 37 84 55 84 NORTHWEST INTERIOR 36 91 94 89 PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 46 91 73 92 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 43 92 62 90 WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 56 92 80 92 CASCADES 51 96 74 94 EASTERN WASHINGTON EAST SLOPES CASCADES 56 88 59 84 OKANOGAN 36 69 64 71 CENTRAL BASIN 14 78 57 75 NORTHEAST 19 90 56 87 PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 18 99 88 92 THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. OCCASIONALLY MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM SURROUNDING STATIONS. JULY 2008 WATER YEAR TO DATE PAST 12 MONTHS INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT QUILLAYUTE 2.69 115 81.32 86 86.13 85 HOQUIAM 0.80 62 52.95 82 56.20 82 BELLINGHAM 0.26 22 26.93 85 29.16 84 SEATTLE 0.48 61 31.12 90 35.01 94 OLYMPIA 0.42 51 40.80 86 43.60 86 LONGVIEW 0.46 44 43.72 96 46.17 94 CONCRETE 0.91 50 58.20 88 61.65 86 SNOQUALMIE FALLS 1.02 64 54.85 96 59.09 96 RANDLE 0.40 31 49.98 88 52.66 86 DIABLO DAM 0.73 39 67.72 92 70.58 89 STAMPEDE PASS 1.18 63 80.69 104 84.19 100 PARADISE* 1.11 51 107.28 95 109.57 91 WINTHROP 0.13 16 11.82 86 12.40 82 STEHEKIN 0.54 86 29.35 86 29.54 82 LEAVENWORTH 0.65 167 19.44 82 19.69 79 MOUNT ADAMS 0.05 12 39.43 96 40.26 93 WENATCHEE 0.00 0 5.98 72 6.03 66 YAKIMA 0.05 23 5.58 74 5.89 71 COULEE DAM 0.15 22 6.23 62 7.11 64 LIND* 0.06 14 6.96 77 7.35 74 REPUBLIC 1.04 81 14.76 99 15.93 94 SPOKANE 0.00 0 15.15 99 16.09 97 PULLMAN 0.21 27 19.37 101 19.81 94 DAYTON 0.02 4 16.44 92 16.86 87 * = ESTIMATED $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE JBB