W
Warbling Vireo, 407 –8
Wasps, 268
Waterleaf Family, 148 –49
Water Shrew, 437 –38
Watson Chorizanthe, 176 –77
Waucoba Lake beds, 37
Waucoban Series, 46
Wax Currant, 200 –201
Weather
atmospheric circulation patterns, 3 –4
mesoscale phenomena
mountain lee waves, 7 –9
thunderstorms, 9 –11
synoptic-scale circulation
seasonal storms, 5 –7
weather regimes, 4 –5
toposcale effects, 11 –12
Weather observations
climate hazards, 25 –26
precipitation, 18 –21
snowfall, 21 –24
temperature, 16 –18
weather stations, 12 –16
wind, 24 –25
Weather regimes, 4 –5
Weather stations, 12 –16
West Coast Lady, 266
Western Banded Gecko, 297 , 305 –6, 344 , 346
Western Big-eared Bat, 439
Western Blind Snake, 297 , 339 –40, 345
Western Fence Lizard, 297 , 316 –17, 346 , 350 , 354 , 356
Western Harvest Mouse, 447
Western Patch-nosed Snake, 334 , 345 , 348 , 351 , 355 , 357
Western Pipistrelle, 438
Western Rattlesnake, 297 , 343 , 351
Western Screech-Owl, 373 , 374
Western Shovel-nosed Snake, 297 , 326 , 344
Western Skink, 297 , 320 , 348 , 351
Western Tanager, 413
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake, 297 , 338 , 349
Western Tiger Swallowtail, 264
Western Toad, 283 , 297 , 298 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 351
Western Whiptail, 320 –22, 344 , 347 , 351 , 355 , 356
Western Wood-Pewee, 382 –83
Westgard Penstemon, 208
Whiptails, 320 –22
White-breasted Nuthatch, 395 –96
White-crowned Sparrow, 424 , 425
White Cymopterus, 112
White-flowered Draba, 129
White Globe-gilia, 170
White-lined Sphinx Moth, 262
White Mountain Draba, 129
White Mountain Forget-me-not, 126
White Mountain Horkelia, 193
White Mountain Ivesia, 193
White Mountain Parsley, 112
White Mountain Sky Pilot, 82 , 175
Whites, 263
White Tack-stem, 115
White-tailed Hare, 441
White-throated Swift, 378
White Tidy-tips, 120
Whorlflower, 82
Whorlflower Penstemon, 207
Wilcox Woolly Star, 77 , 168 –69
Wild Horses, 460
Wild Iris, 150
Wild Rose, 197
Willow Family, 99 –102
Willow Larkspur, 189
Wind, 24 –25
Wind Scorpions, 248
Wing-nut Forget-me-not, 125
Winter Fat, 136
Wolverine, 452 –53
Wood Brownies, 153
Woodpeckers, 379 –81
Wood Rats, 448
Woodrush, 150 –51
Woodsia scopulina , 147
Wood Warblers, 408 –13
Woody Bottle Washer, 158 –59
Wool Cache Plant, 122
Woolly Caulanthus, 128
Woolly Mullein, 209
Woolly Phlox, 175
Wrens, 397 –400
Wright Buckwheat, 184