Oregon snowpack rebounds

Mount Hood, sporting a fresh coat of new snow, is lit through dispersing clouds by the setting sun as seen from Portland. The statewide snowpack for Oregon is 138 percent above normal after a harsh winter that featured plenty of snow and heavy rainfall.

 AP file photo/Don Ryan

PORTLAND (AP) — The statewide snowpack for Oregon is 138 percent of normal after a harsh winter that featured plenty of snow and heavy rainfall.

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service released numbers Tuesday that also show above-average precipitation statewide.