Snow survey readings for January released

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 water content within the region’s snow pack is currently below normal levels,” explains Brian Tayler, General Manager of the NBMCA. “There is still plenty of winter left, though, to return those ranges to normal before the spring melt. In the meantime, the public is advised to continue to use extreme caution near areas of flowing water as ice conditions remain unstable.”

The NBMCA will continue with its bi-weekly monitoring of the snow pack throughout the winter and spring of 2008.

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Current Average Snow Depth for January 31, 2008 9.1 cm (22 % of normal)
Current Average Water Equivalence for January 31, 2008
3.7 cm (42 % of normal)

Average Snow Depth for January 31, 2007
37.6 cm

Highest recorded snow depth for January 31 since 1988
67.8 cm in 2001

Lowest recorded snow depth for January 31 since 1988
9.1 cm in 2008

Corbeil Conservation Area

Current Average Snow Depth for January 31, 2008
20.2 cm (48 % of normal)

Current Average Water Equivalence for January 31, 2008
6.2 cm (81 % of normal)

Average Snow Depth for January 31, 2007
33.5 cm

Highest recorded snow depth for January 31 since 1987
71.1 cm in 2001

Lowest recorded snow depth for January 31 since 1987
14.2 cm in 1988

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 January 31, 2008
24.8 cm

Current Average Water Equivalence for January 31, 2008
6.8 cm

Average Snow Depth for January 31, 2007
26.9 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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