Okanagan Snowpack

Why the Okanagan may escape flooding this year
In terms of spring flooding, it’s a totally different world in the Okanagan compared to…

UPDATE: Snowpacks are the second-highest recorded in 45 years
Dry March weather has resulted in some modest growth of the region’s snowpacks and it's…

Okanagan Lake drawdown continues in anticipation of strong freshet
Provincial officials are opening the flood gates in anticipation of a strong spring freshet after…

Authorities keeping close eye on weather, snowpack and Okanagan Lake
PENTICTON – High snowpack levels do not necessarily a flood year make, but Okanagan communities…

April was one of the wettest on record in parts of the Interior
KAMLOOPS – A cool, wet April in southern B.C. for the month of April meant…

Thompson-Okanagan snowpack below normal for this time of year
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – An extremely warm, wet November followed by an unusually cold December has ski…
Low snowpack could mean a dry Okanagan summer
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Current snowpack levels suggest the Okanagan could be in for a dry year, while the South Thompson should fair better. According to Tobi Gardner with the River Forecast Centre, snowpack is at 76 per cent of normal in the Okanagan — the lowest in five years. “What that translates to is a lower...