Storms steer back into the Pacific Northwest to boost depleted snowpack

SEATTLE — It’s been a solid two weeks without rain in Seattle, and as such, a similar stretch of time without fresh snow in the mountains.

What had started as a promising return to familiar winter weather in early January — enjoying a fresh blast of 2 to 4 feet of snow that helped get the chairlifts running earlier in the month — has turned into a dry spell that is threatening the record books.

The longest dry January stretch at Sea-Tac stands at 15 consecutive days in 1963…

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