Snowpack

If Oregon’s recent cold snap has you shivering, and the ice and snow in the forecast seem unusual, take solace. The state climatologist feels it too — even when he’s looking at data that seems to contradict the way he feels.

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to measure the water content of snow.

Snow and ice have hit the lowlands across the Northwest lately, but how are we doing up high? What’s the snowpack looking like across Washington and Oregon?

Though February was supposed to be peak accumulation season, snowpack from Oregon's glaciers and mountains has continued to melt into runoff, reaching parched pieces of land.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says its 13 reservoirs in the Willamette Valley are at their lowest levels in six years. Most of the valley has seen…

Oregon is ending the calendar year with near-normal levels of snowpack. Here’s what that can tell us and, perhaps more importantly, what it can’t.People…

After a late start, Willamette Pass opened Friday for regular season hours. Due to a lack of precipitation this season Willamette Pass had only been…

A round of storms is approaching the Pacific Northwest this weekend. The moisture is expected to fall in the form of rain in the valleys and foothills,…

Forecasters say a strong weather system will bring valley rain and mountain snow to western Oregon this week. The precipitation will begin in earnest on…

The snowpack level in Oregon is well below what it normally is in early December. According to the Snow Survey Program run by the US Department of…

Much of Oregon saw snow these past couple of days. Meteorologists predict that cold, snowy weather will continue over the next couple of weeks.Joe Solomon…

State water supply levels have Oregon farmers optimistic this year. Last April, mountain snowpack and reservoir levels were much lower than average. This…