Plan for another season of drought.
The low snowpack, early melt and expectation of warm temperatures likely means another dry summer.
The province’s c and Water Supply Bulletin for May 1 stated that the long term outlook is pointing toward a drying trend.
“The drier than normal trend is forecast to linger into the summer for Southern BC,” it reported.
The local snowpack’s continue to be well below normal.
West Kootenay was at 73 per cent on May 1, the East Kootenay at 62 per cent and the Boundary at 82 per cent.
All are around 15 per cent lower than the month before.
The East Kootenay is also 15 per cent lower than this time last year, while the West Kootenay and Boundary are slightly higher. The snowpack has increased 3 per cent in the West Kootenay and 6 per cent in the Boundary.
The provincial report indicated it’s too early to predict the possibility of flooding.
“At this stage of the season there is no elevated flood risk present based on the current snowpack across the province” the report stated, but noted the situation could change in local areas hit with heavy rainfall.
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