By James Peters

Snowpack melt slows in the month of May

May 24, 2016 | 3:13 PM

KAMLOOPS — The alpine snowmelt slowed during the first two weeks of May, but the BC River Forecast Centre says the snow supply is still alarming low for this time of year.

The Centre’s Dave Campbell says BC has only about 39 per cent of its normal snowpack right now.

Campbell adds the warm spring has resulted in the melt being about one month ahead of schedule.

“It seems to still be the case, and in some ways the last week or two has been a bit cooler, and the melt has probably been a bit slower than it has been, but it’s still ahead of schedule, It’s melting fast,” indicated Campbell.

Campbell notes the Thompson basins are the notable exception.

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“Normally that would be the time we would be seeing the peak, and it likely happened three or four weeks ago, in terms of the peak flows for a lot of the rivers. When the smaller ones, like the Nicola, it was probably a few weeks ago that we’ve passed the peak, and we are starting to transition now, we can see the downward trend on the backside of the melt cycle.”

He says the North Thompson is at 80 per cent of normal snowpack, and the South Thompson at 86 per cent, making them the snowiest parts of the province.