I have mentioned several times before that the Village of McBride is suffering in a Category Five Drought (the worst). While there is now finally about 5 inches (12 cm) of snow on the Valley bottom, (well below what should be on the ground this time of year) that is really not the big concern. Everyone around here are looking at the snowfall on the mountains, which will provide water for our rivers, creeks, and springs, throughout the summer, hoping for at least a normal snowfall to help alleviate the drought. Unfortunately, at present, things are looking worse, instead of better.
On November 16, 2023, I did a blog explaining about BC’s Snow Pillows. These are pads put up in the alpine that measure the weight of the winter snow, to help predict potential spring flooding.
Yesterday, I got on the internet to check the snow pillows to see how much snow is on the mountains around us, and things look pretty discouraging. The graph above shows what is happening at the snow pillow on the mountains closest to McBride. The pink area shows the recorded historical range of snow. The green line shows the snow levels last year (which was below the normal), and the black line shows what is happening so far this year, and as you can see, it is well below what has been recorded historically.
The graph below shows the snow accumulation in the alpine above at Revolution Creek, which is some distance northwest of McBride. It too is indicating a real snow drought.
We can’t do anything about the weather, except watch it and hope. There is a lot of hoping around here that things will take a different tact and a big accumulation of snow will start falling on our local mountains.
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