First look at BC Interior snowpack in 2019 shows near-normal levels

Jan 9, 2019 | 1:08 PM

VICTORIA — The first official snowpack measurements of the year from the province’s River Forecast Centre show near-normal levels for most of the province.

This week, the agency issued a picture of the snowpack across the province as of January 1.

It showed the North Thompson basin at 109 per cent of normal snowpack for the first of the year, and the South Thompson basin at 99 per cent of normal.

The hills are relatively dry in the Nicola basin, which has about 72 per cent of normal snow levels.