Lethbridge seeing less-than-average snowfall while Rockies return to average [Video]

LETHBRIDGE –

Lethbridge and much of southern Alberta have seen a relatively dry winter.

“Come November-December, though, we haven’t really had too much. And then, of course, we did have a brown Christmas for the Lethbridge area. We did get a little bit, though, with this event we had last weekend. But we are about half so far this year to what we would usually have by this point,” said Alysa Pederson, Environment and Climate Change Canada warning preparedness meteorologist.

The same can’t be said, however, for the Rockies.

After several years in a row of below-average snowfall, the snowpack on top of the mountains is currently average for this time of year.

“Currently, the snowpack situation of the headwaters of the Oldman River basin is near normal or normal. Certainly, way higher than a year ago when we had very severe climate change effects,” said Stefan Kienzle, a retired professor of geography and environment at the University of Lethbridge.

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