STORM2K

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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Major flood at border forecast
A lot of snow, slow melt blamed
By: Bartley Kives
Posted: 1:00 AM

A major flood on the Red River at the Canada-U.S. border is all but certain this spring, based on the latest number-crunching by U.S. flood forecasters.
The U.S. National Weather Service's advanced hydrologic prediction service said Thursday there is a 95 per cent chance of major flooding at Pembina, N.D., at some point during the next two months. The prediction is based on conditions observed Monday.

"We're looking at a 2011-type flood," said Mike Lukes, a National Weather Service hydrologist based in Grand Forks. Although overshadowed by the Assiniboine River flood of 2011, the Red River flood during the same spring resulted in ring-dike closures at 15 Manitoba communities in the Red River Valley, the closure of Highway 75 south of Morris and the second-highest flood crest in Winnipeg since the Flood of the Century in 1997.
A flood of similar magnitude is probable this year despite dry weather in 2012. Heavy rains last fall saturated the top level of the soil, which froze solid early in the winter, Lukes said. The heavy snowpack on top of this crust and the delayed thaw have combined to increase the flood threat. The snowmelt, usually underway by now, has yet to commence.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc...199490181.html

Fargo forecast to have one of top 5 floods in its history
U.S. National Weather Service says Red River could top 11.6 metres
CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2013 10:57 AM CT

Fargo is bracing for what could be one of the top five floods in its history.

The U.S. National Weather Service announced Thursday that residents living along the Red River in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., should prepare for one of the top five worst floods in the history of their area.

The weather service released its flood outlook for the area, saying there was a 50 per cent chance the river could top 11.6 metres, that’s 6 metres higher than its flood stage.

Gregory Gust, a meteorologist with the U.S. National Weather Service, addressed the media in Fargo Thursday morning.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...n-history.html

Starting to sound like another bad year for the Red River of the North. Hopefully everyone up there will prepare.

Dang. And here we are over here worried about a severe drought.

Good luck with the flood and hopefully everyone stays safe.

At another site I heard back from a meteorologist in North Dakota:

"I love your pictures. I am a meteorologist in Grand Forks ND and share your pain. Saskatchewan into parts of southwestern Manitoba and northern North Dakota have had heavy snow pack all winter and now into early spring. About the deer....story locally in western Minnesota of starving deer as well....eagles feeding on the dead ones. Local farmers are trying to bring some food to the large herd. This is near Rothsay MN southeast of Fargo."

To put this winter in perspective.

Can you say Moose Jaw=BULL'S EYE!!!