High temperatures across Washington will contribute to fire danger, elevate temperatures in streams and have an impact on wildlife, but they won't likely play a major role in melting snowpack because so much of it is already gone by this time of year. "Most of the snowpack has melted off at this point," said Karin Bumbaco, the deputy state climatologist at the University of Washington. "We're in July, and most of that has melted through June, even earlier than expected, about one to two weeks earlier than normal because it was below normal snowpack, but we're still seeing some at early elevation sites." READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/snowpack-mostly-melted-before-heat-wave/281-de69d1be-309f-4349-a047-f4d594ce9212