River levels raise concern for summer drought possibilities
KAMLOOPS — With a much warmer than average start to Spring this year snowpacks were diminished much quicker than normal.
Snowpacks across the province were at 13 percent of normal mid-month, which means the prevention of drought conditions will be highly dependent on precipitation over the summer.
The outlook isn’t quite as bleak within the North and South Thompson watersheds.
According to Dave Campbell of the River Forecast Centre the North Thompson River was at 33 percent normal and the South Thompson at 43 percent.