[steve86]

That's just the latest installment of this incredible freight train of moisture we've been getting for the last couple of weeks east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. West of the mountains it's pretty normal but not over here. The precipitation storm totals are nothing like Sandy but an inch or two this time of year is unusual for the arid Columbia Basin. Prior to this hadn't really rained for many, many months.

[PA Engineer]

True. I have been following the drought monitor and was surprised with the rainfall issues.