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Sea, land, river

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June 1^st	Skeena R reaching its maximum
	But nothing like 2007

Last year river peaked June 5^th to 8^th --- And given the record snow pack in 2007 – some of highest discharges ever recorded for Skeena happened last year – perhaps altering river course in some stretches

Real time river heights from this Env Canada page--- choose either map search (easiest) or text search on left column

The 2006 –2007 graphic from July 2007 where I was looking at how long the Skeena would stay ‘high’ – thus preventing sockeye fishers to make good sets

Given ‘cold’ La Nina year melt started later

Note how low the water in winter 2005

Previous years ----

Onset of freshet

Here I have used the Maximum temperatures reached at PR Airport using AWOS as proxy for ‘regional’ temperatures

I should have used site closer to Usk – but lets assume similar curves

Using 15C as reference – in 2005 almost all month averaged 15C while 2006 and 2007 similar each other in that average rises to 15C only after mid month and week later in 2008

Previous Skeena Discharge

graphic from July 2007

Also see July 2006 ;

Created by LG on 1/6/2008

Last updated on Monday, June 02, 2008

NATURE

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Skeena R reaching its maximum