Snowpack level in Okanagan at 121%, highest in province | 24CA News
Of all of the areas in B.C., the Okanagan, with its gentle winters, presently has the very best snowpack whole within the province.
This week, the River Forecast Centre (RFC) launched its month-to-month replace on snowpack totals. Most areas within the province are properly beneath common, however the Okanagan is certainly one of three areas that exceeded 100 per cent.
As of Wednesday, the Okanagan was at 121 per cent of its regular snowfall whole, with the Boundary area in second at 116 per cent and the Lower Thompson space in third at 115 per cent.
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The solely different area in triple digits was Upper Fraser West (Prince George) at 100 per cent.
Notably, on Jan. 7, the Okanagan was at 125 per cent, whereas the Boundary area was at 147 per cent.
Snow basin indices in B.C. and their proportion of regular as of Feb. 8:
- Northwest: N/A
- Stikine: 67 per cent
- Liard: 68 per cent
- Skeena-Nass: 86 per cent
- Peace: 81 per cent
- Upper Fraser West: 100 per cent
- Upper Fraser East: 73 per cent
- Nechako: 84 per cent
- Central Coast: 88 per cent
- West Road / Chilcotin: 98 per cent
- Quesnel: 91 per cent
- North Thompson: 68 per cent
- South Thompson: 86 per cent
- Lower Thompson: 115 per cent
- Bridge: 64 per cent
- Upper Columbia: 72 per cent
- East Kootenay: 84 per cent
- West Kootenay: 84 per cent
- Boundary: 116 per cent
- Okanagan: 121 per cent
- Similkameen: 77 per cent
- Skagit: 50 per cent
- Lower Fraser: 71 per cent
- South Coast: 73 per cent
- Vancouver Island: 75 per cent
On Feb. 1, the RFC mentioned virtually all areas of the province have been beneath regular, noting that January was drier and hotter than regular, with temperatures starting from one to 4 levels above regular.
“The provincial average for the automated snow weather station sites is 81 per cent (dropping from 87 per cent on Jan. 1) and the Fraser River basin is 76 per cent of median (lowering from 82 per cent on Jan. 1),” mentioned the RFC.
“By February 1st, on average, approximately two-thirds of the total seasonal snowpack has accumulated in a typical year.”
Looking forward, the RFC says its forecast is looking for ongoing precipitation and snowpack numbers to extend, however famous there are “early concerns for drought extending into the spring and summer with below normal snow throughout many regions.”
But it additionally mentioned that “with two or more months left for snow accumulation, seasonal snowpacks can still change based on weather patterns.”
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