Once again, Washington snowpack finishes year above "normal"

After a snowy December, Washington's snowpack will end the year at 106% of normal. April 1 is the traditional end of the snowpack year, so there are still three more months to get the final numbers.

If this trend holds, it would be the 14th time in the last 17 years that snowpack was above normal.

Additionally, the snowpack is even better than those numbers indicate. The definition of "normal" cha...