Heavy snowpack in parts of Alaska could mean there's potential for spring flooding, but April weather will have a lot to do with how quickly that snow melts.
The runoff-swollen Delta River in 2020, near the confluence of the Delta and Tanana rivers. National Weather Service experts says this winter’s snowfall has created record amounts of snowpack in several river basins around the state. Meteorologists are looking at the potential for a spike in temperatures next month that mould trigger rapid melting and flooding.
Endres said in an interview Friday that it’s too early to say whether data from sensors up in higher elevations accurately reflect the entire snowpack in those basins. That will have to be confirmed by overflights and other analyses to be conducted next month. Another indicator is the onset of warmer-than-normal temperatures in late breakup that could trigger rapid melting of snowpack. But Endres says long-term forecasts are inconclusive on whether that might happen.
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