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Climate change affects Northwest snowpack, study says

2013-12-05 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Spokesman-Review: Last weekends doozy of a storm followed a classic Northwest weather script. Winds gusting to 40 mph blew moisture-rich air from the ocean into the Cascades and Northern Rockies, dumping snow on the mountains while leaving lower elevations bare. The winds called winter westerlies are vital to a region that depends on mountain snowpack for its water supply. But a new study suggests that climate change is disrupting the winds, with stark implications for future water availability. Those...

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