Spring water forecast uneven, drought continues

SPOKANE — Warmer than normal temperatures in December and January may have consequences next spring with lower than normal runoff. Joey Clevenger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Spokane, said there’s been plenty of precipitation in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s not been falling as snow. Water levels in the snowpack are measured as a “snow water equivalent,” and in a lot of Central and Eastern Washington, that’s low.