Snowpacks accross the Kootenays are measuring above average following a series of December storms.
“Storm systems persisted from mid-December through the Christmas period, driving a rapid increase in mountain snowpack across much of the province,” said the B.C. River Forecast Centre in a Jan. 2 update.
Readings from automated snow weather stations in the West Kootenay show the region averaging 112 per cent of the long-term median for Jan. 1.
Individual measurements include Barnes Creek at 91 per cent of normal, St. Leon Creek at 150 per cent, Duncan Lake Dam at 104 per cent, East Creek at 173 per cent, Grey Creek Upper at 116 per cent, and Redfish Creek at 140 per cent.
Notably, the Forecast Centre said the Redfish Creek station recorded its highest snow levels since it was established in 2001.
Stations in the East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary are also tracking higher.
In the boundary, stations at Grano Creek and McCulloch are recording an average snowpack of 121 per cent.
In the East Kootenay, the average as of Jan. 1 is 131 per cent.
Meanwhile, upper Columbia stations are averaging 139 per cent of the period-of-record median.
Across the province, snowpack is 130 per cent, placing current conditions around the 81st percentile for Jan. 1, according to the B.C. River Forecast Centre.
On average, about 45 per cent of seasonal snowpack has typically accumulated by Jan. 1.
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