This may not be our situation this spring…

The April 1st measurement of the snow pack shows 66 percent of normal in the Nicola Region, 79 percent elsewhere.

There is a 10 day variance in conditions from year to year as to the 1st April measurement date. Meaning that run off dates starts and finishes can be 10 days different from year to year. However the amount is what is significant to watch. Water content in snow can be different as well.


Snow is difficult to measure because it is subject to drifting, melting and natural compaction. Any point measurement may be quite different from a reading taken only a few metres away. Thus, to measure the quantity of snow in an area, a systematic method for measuring snow has been developed and this is generally referred to as a “snow survey”. Snow survey measurements have been made in British Columbia since 1935.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/water/water-science-data/water-data-tools/snow-survey-data/about-snow-surveys

On this Day: April 9th 1967

The first Boeing 737 jet is flown.