December was unusually dry and warm on Vancouver Island, leading to concerns of low snowpack levels in the alpine. Without an adequate snowpack, critical salmon spawning habitat in rivers could struggle in the summer months.
December was unusually dry and warm on Vancouver Island , leading to concerns of low snowpack levels in the alpine. He says without an adequate snowpack in higher levels, critical salmon spawning habitat in our rivers could struggle once we get into the summer months . “That snowpack works as a giant reservoir that slowly releases over time, precisely when we need it when it’s warmer and getting hot,” said Armstrong.
“The preliminary numbers are in and it’s not looking super optimistic at this point,” said Brain Proctor, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Proctor says typically by Jan. 1, snowpack should be well above median levels. In the central and north coast that has happened. “(But) very little of that has gotten to the south coast,” said Proctor. A cold front is expected to move in over the next five to seven days, although currently it’s not expected to help our mountain snowpack level
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