Cooler weather reducing flood threat from snowpack
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LETHBRIDGE – Concerns lessen by the day about potential flooding. And a river forecast engineer for Alberta Environment and Parks says we have the cooler than average weather to thank.
Nathalie Brunet says there are still concerns in places like the M.D. of Taber, which is under a state of local emergency, due to snow on the ground blocking culverts and leading to water backing up over roads. But that threat is lessening.
As for the melt, Brunet said it’s been gradual, and that’s good news.
“(It’s) because we have this gradual melting of the snowpack,” she explained. “Temperatures have been above zero but not too far above zero, and largely cooling overnight has kind of let the water release slowly from the snowpack, make its way slowly into the creeks or slowly get absorbed along the way, so really our saving grace has been that slow melting of the snowpack.”
