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Western U.S. Will Be Drier Than Usual From Nearby Ridge

Kansas City, January 16 (World Weather Inc.) – Mountain snowpack is below or well below normal for much of the Cascade Mountains, central Rocky Mountains, and portions of California outside the Sierra Nevada. California received above normal precipitation in recent weeks and the water situation is generally good. Long-term production potentials for the upcoming season are favorable as well due to the good water supply. The Pacific Northwest, Oregon and southern Washington in particular, are otherwise in growing need of precipitation to fill reservoirs and bolster snowpack. The central Rocky Mountains would also welcome increased precipitation. However, much of the western United States will be under the influence of a strong high-pressure ridge through the end of next week. Precipitation will be limited and what precipitation that does occur will be too light to impact the moisture profile long-term. A shift in the upper-air pattern during the last week of January will gradually increase precipitation potentials for the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains region.