{"id":857,"date":"2011-01-31T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=857"},"modified":"2011-01-31T23:34:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T07:34:19","slug":"nelson-implores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"Nelson implores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Has the City of Nelson taken to imploring the Great Goddess of Weather<\/em> to send no further snow for this winter? It might seem so:\u00a0Arlene Anderson spotted this sign lying in the snow of Lakeside Park. Its message, to stay off the grass, is directed skyward.<\/p>\n

Will Nelson\u2019s supplication meet with success? It is the end of January; how much more snow might we normally expect to fall in the valleys?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Month<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nSnowfall (cm)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n% for winter<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October<\/span><\/td>\n1.6<\/span><\/td>\n0.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November<\/span><\/td>\n31.8<\/span><\/td>\n14.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December<\/span><\/td>\n67.4<\/span><\/td>\n44.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January<\/span><\/td>\n67.9<\/span><\/td>\n75.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February<\/span><\/td>\n37.1<\/span><\/td>\n91.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March<\/span><\/td>\n16.2<\/span><\/td>\n98.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April<\/span><\/td>\n2.5<\/span><\/td>\n99.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May<\/span><\/td>\n0.2<\/span><\/td>\n100<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The answer is offered by\u00a0Discover Nelson<\/a> which provides the annual snowfall data in this table. I added the column on the right: percent for the winter. It says that at the end of January, we have had about \u00be\u00a0of the normal winter snowfall.<\/p>\n

So, with only about \u00bc\u00a0of the winter\u2019s snow left to fall, and that which is on the ground vanishing as the temperature rises, Parks may well come to believe that their entreaties were successful.<\/p>\n

Of course, snowfall in the valleys is not the same as snowfall in the mountains. For for the latter, BC\u2019s Ministry of the Environment offers insight. It posts regular updates to the snow pillow<\/a> located high on Redfish Creek (altitude: 2086m). This large bladder contains pressure sensors to determine the weight of overlying snow. The results are then radioed to the Ministry and used to update the website.<\/p>\n

\"\"The line for the multi\u2013year average is purple. It peeks in early May at about 1400 mm of snow (water equivalent). At the end of January, the depth is about 800 mm, so nearly \u00bd\u00a0the snow has yet to fall. This year\u2019s plot is in dark blue and reveals this to be an average year.<\/p>\n

While the Nelson data presents snowfall, the Redfish data presents snow depth\u2014not quite the same thing for while the first climbs to a maximum, the second first climbs, but then falls. Nevertheless, both are informative.<\/p>\n

But, the real question now is what happens if Nelson deems this experimental communication with the gods to have been a success? Might we expect to see more local signs imploring gods and goddesses. Maybe one in the August forest directed at Silvanus: No burning allowed<\/em>. Or a zoning sign in May facing downwards under the bridge instructing nymphs and naiads: No high rises<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Maybe Nelson is on to something.<\/p>\n

(Arlene Anderson\u2019s picture is used with permission).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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