Image Credit: BC River Forecast Centre

By James Peters

SNOWPACK

Above-normal snowpack in Kamloops area; warm weather next week to ‘kick start’ spring melt

Apr 9, 2021 | 3:45 PM

VICTORIA — It’s dry in the valley bottoms, but the latest figures from the B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) show there is still plenty of moisture in the upper elevations.

In its April 1 survey released Friday (Apr. 8), the BCRFC says the overall snowpack in B.C. is 112 per cent of normal. The only region in the province that is below normal is the East Kootenays at 93 per cent.

Closer to Kamloops, the snowpack measurements are as follows:

• Lower Thompson — 122 per cent of normal
• Bridge — 103 per cent
• Chilcotin — 125 per cent
• North Thompson — 103 per cent
• South Thompson — 100 per cent

The BCRFC says a warm spell predicted to begin next week will “kick start” snow melt at lower and mid-range elevations in B.C., and that may lead to high water in smaller creeks at lower elevations.

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Even so, the centre predicts near-normal runoff conditions in the Middle Fraser and Thompson regions.