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  "path": "/2026/06/northwest-mountain-snow-in-june-coldwet.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T15:21:53.008Z",
  "site": "https://cliffmass.blogspot.com",
  "textContent": "The images from the Mount Rainier Lodge area during the last day were winterlike, with several inches of snow on the ground\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Crystal Mountain ski area was similarly snow-covered.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd Whister Peak appeared more like March than June\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThunderstorms, with small hail, hit both sides of the Cascades, with substantial precipitation totals yesterday (Saturday); many mountain locations received over an inch of liquid water.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis situation has brought much colder than normal temperatures to the region, with many locations 10-20 F below climatology ( see below). Many higher terrain locations did not get out of the 30s!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut even colder and wetter weather is in the forecast, with major positive implications for water resources this summer.\n\n\n\n\nThe forecast temperature anomaly (difference from normal) for the region for Tuesday to Wednesday morning (below) is for 5-15F below-normal temperatures, with the coldest temperatures over the Cascades and eastern Washington and Oregon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWet conditions will dominate from late Monday into Tuesday morning, with some locations in the Cascades receiving 1-3 inches. Very favorable for water resources this time of the year: moistening the soil, filling reservoirs and rivers, and reducing water demand.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe origin of this cold/wet period is anomalous low pressure (_roughing aloft_ in meteorological parlance), as shown by the upper-level (500hPa, roughly 18,000 ft) forecast map for Monday at 5 PM. Blue indicates the low/pressure/troughing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTemperatures should recover a bit by the end of the week (see forecast through Friday for Seattle, shown below), but we will have to endure a cool/wet period first.\n\n\n\n\n",
  "title": "Northwest Mountain Snow in June:  A Cold/Wet Period for the Northwest",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-07T15:47:58.859Z"
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