By James Peters

B.C. River Forecast Centre says province-wide snowpack slightly below normal

Mar 8, 2019 | 11:50 AM

KAMLOOPS — While February was a snowy month for Kamloops, that has not translated into inflated snowpack numbers in the back country.

The B.C. River Forecast Centre released its March 1 Snow Survey and Water Supply bulletin today.

It shows normal-to-below-normal accumulations for much of the province, with a B.C.-wide measurement of 89 per cent of normal.

In the Kamloops area, the North Thompson basin is measured right on the average March 1 reading.

But the South Thompson basin is lower, at 83 per cent of average.

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The Nicola and Okanagan regions both measure in at 81 per cent of normal.

Into the Cariboo, the Middle Fraser basin is at 100 per cent of average.

The Forecast Centre says much of the snow accumulation in the province built up over a six week period from early December to early January, and February was dominated by Arctic air and little accumulation.

The centre says, by this time of year, 80 per cent of the seasonal snowpack has typically formed.

To this point, the centre predicts no elevated flood risk across the province, but notes there is still time for much more snow to accumulate, and flood conditions are highly dependent on the weather that arrives during the spring melt.