Officials dealing with flooding in the Okanagan have been warning we could be stuck with high stream flows and high lake levels until the end of June - and one of the main reasons is a deep snowpack.
Dave Campbell, at the BC River Forecast Centre, says because the higher elevation snowpack is still basically intact - streams like Mission Creek could be roaring for some time.
Campbell says at mid-elevations - 1400 to 1600 metres - half of the snow has melted, but "when we look at higher elevations, we'd be lucky if 5-percent of the snow has melted, which is at the headwaters of Mission Creek at around 1700 metres, so it's quite a strong transition from no snow to tons of snow," he says.
As for Okanagan Lake, Campbell says it'll remain high for sometime because it's such a large system and is slower to fill and slower to drain.