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By James Peters

Snowpack Report

Province says alpine snowpack remains higher than normal in Kamloops region

Jun 9, 2020 | 2:39 PM

VICTORIA — New snowpack values from the province show there is still plenty of snow that needs to come down from the alpine this spring and summer.

According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre’s (RFC) June 1 Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin, higher elevation snowpack in the province has not melted as much as usual. That’s thanks in part to storm systems in May that actually resulted in more snow accumulation in some areas.

These conditions are the most severe in the Okanagan and Boundary regions, which both have about twice the amount of snow usually seen as of June 1.

The North and South Thompson basins both remain above normal, at 110 per cent and 111 per cent of normal snowpack, respectively.

However, in the entire Fraser River basin as a system, snowpack is slightly below normal at 90 per cent.

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Earlier this week, the RFC’s Dave Campbell said the North Thompson is not likely to rise significantly again this season unless there is a major rainfall or a stretch of hot weather.