After lagging much of the winter, a series of mid-February storms and stabilized cool temperatures have moved the snowpack in the Hood, Sandy, and Lower Deschutes Basin well above normal and past its historic peak at 137 percent of normal snow water equivalent.  Scott Oviatt of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Oregon Snow Survey says we should be at the peak for this year, but the worry would be seeing above normal temperatures and a rapid melt.  He does say the long-range forecast appears favorable.  Oviatt says currently on Mt. Hood, there is the equivalent of 70 inches of rain stored in the snowpack.