Low-lying areas of Melita and a few homes at Souris would be affected under both the 'average' and 'unfavourable' weather scenarios. Flooding is not anticipated with normal weather conditions. The 'unfavourable' weather scenario could result in minor flooding of low-lying lands including some parks and docks. Both soil moisture and snowcover are well below average in western Saskatchewan and Alberta. Spring flooding is very unlikely in these particular regions.
Flooding is unlikely.
No unusual difficulties are expected with normal weather conditions. The 'unfavourable' weather scenario would result in well above average flows but stages would be lower than those of 1997. These forecasts are based on normal weather conditions from now through April. They are qualitative at this time, due to the early date of this outlook. Numerical forecasts will be issued in February or March for those streams which have a potential for serious flooding at that time.