Snow readings for February 18

North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority
News Release

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The North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority (NBMCA) released the current snow pack information for the North Bay area today as part of their Flood Forecasting and Warning Program.

The NBMCA will continue with its bi-weekly monitoring of the snow pack throughout the winter and spring of 2008. The public is advised to continue to use extreme caution near areas of flowing water as ice conditions remain unstable.

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Current Average Snow Depth for February 18, 009
34.3 cm (75 % of normal)

Current Average Water Equivalence for February 18, 2009
12.5 cm (110 % of normal)

Average Snow Depth for February 18, 2008
26.7 cm

Highest recorded snow depth for February 18 since 1989
75.2 cm in 2001

Lowest recorded snow depth for February 14 since 1989
16.5 cm in 1995

Corbeil Conservation Area

Current Average Snow Depth for February 18, 2009
46.8 cm (104 % of normal)

Current Average Water Equivalence for February 18, 2009
14.4 cm (155 % of normal)

Average Snow Depth for February 18, 2008
38.9 cm

Highest recorded snow depth for February 14 since 1988
71.6 cm in 2001

Lowest recorded snow depth for February 14 since 1988
23.6 cm in 1995

Shirley Skinner Conservation Area

The Shirley Skinner Conservation Area was added as an NBMCA snow monitoring station in 2007 in order to better understand the Wasi watershed and better represent the entire NBMCA jurisdiction. As the NBMCA has less than five years worth of data at this location, no comparisons can be calculated at this time.

Current Average Snow Depth for February 18, 2009
44.1 cm

Current Average Water Equivalence for February 14, 2009
14.8 cm

Average Snow Depth for February 18, 2008
37.8 cm

The North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority (NBMCA) was founded in 1972 by the Province of Ontario and the NBMCA's 10 member municipalities. A non-profit organization, the NBMCA works closely with the public to ensure the environmental health of the region's watershed. The NBMCA is one of 36 Conservation Authorities who are members of Conservation Ontario.

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