The Prince George area saw some mixed results during the March Snow Bulletin issued by the BC River Forecast Centre.
Areas like the Upper Fraser West have a snowpack that is 79% of normal, while areas east of city limits are telling a much different story – they are only at 52% of normal.
Forecast head Dave Campbell told the media today (Friday) that the provincial snowpack currently sits at 66% of normal, it’s still far from the lowest on record for this time of year.
“This is tied for the second-lowest provincial mark for snowpack that we have seen on March 1st – the historic low was in 1977 where we had 53% of normal and then we saw in 2001, similar to what we have right now, a 66% total.”
“We see very low snowpacks well below 60% of normal in many areas including east of Prince George and then really coastal areas like the south and central coast of Vancouver Island and the Skagit Valley.”
Campbell adds there are still four to eight weeks remaining in the snow accumulation season.
The next bulletin is set to be released on April 10th.
The current update can be found here.
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