The BC River Forecast Centre’s Drought Information Portal pegs the Prince George area at a modest level.
“Probably the best news has been the precipitation over the past 30 days, and it has been just kind of a relatively wetter July compared to historical years for the Interior, really as a whole,” said BC River Forecast Centre Hydrologist Jonathan Boyd.
“River levels are still down in the lower side of things, right now I’d say the Upper Fraser East is at level one drought conditions, the Upper Fraser West is at level two.”
In terms of what’s to come, Boyd said it’s hard to say what could come long term.
“What we do know, at least is that the weather forecast, not the long-term seasonal forecast, just the weather forecast for the next ten days is usually pretty accurate,” he explained.
“At least for the next five days or so, we’re going to move into a situation where the drought conditions will amplify considerably across the province. We’re expecting a high pressure ridge, some hot weather, dry weather.”
However, Boyd said a switch back to widespread precipitation towards the end of next week.
Boyd also noted there’s been a significant improvement in the Northeast.
“The Dawson Creek area and it’s entire kind of water sheds of the Pouce Coupe river and the Kiskatinaw River just has missed the bullseyes of the precipitation events, and because of that, some pretty severe drought challenges there,” he explained.
“But certainly up in the northeast, much further up to Fort Nelson, it has rained a lot there and it has been a positive.”
Boyd said it’s typical for those regions to receive rain during the June and July months.
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