Average annual precipitation is 45 to 65 inches. The frost-free season is l20 to l50 days. These are the competing Welcome soils and the Cathcart , Getchell , Nati , and Squalicum soils. Cathcart soils are mesic and deep to a paralithic contact. Getchell soils are cryic and moderately deep to a paralithic contact with dense compact glacial till.
Nati soils are mesic.
Squalicum soils are mesic and 40 to 60 inches deep to a paralithic contact with dense compact glacial till. Used for timber production, recreation, watershed, and wildlife habitat. Whatcom County, Washington. The series is of small extent. Whatcom County, Washington, l983.