(KNSI) – Minnesota meteorologists are watching the state’s waterways for signs of flooding in the coming weeks.
Weather data showed St. Cloud is experiencing its fourth snowiest winter on record with 79 inches. The old record was set in 1964-65, when the area got 87.9 inches of snow. Experts say all that snow means area rivers could spill over their banks. State Climatologist Pete Boulay breaks down what the latest flood forecast means for KNSI News. “For St. Cloud at the Mississippi River, there’s basically a 50-50 chance of reaching moderate flood stage. And a 90% chance of major flood stage.”
Boulay says it’s not all doom and gloom. “The good news is we don’t have really deep frost. We have a little bit of frost, mainly a foot or less, across the state and under the deep snow, there’s no frost at all. That’ll probably help us out a when it melts. Some might go into the ground. That’s my hope.”
He says Minnesota needs more soil moisture across a good chunk of the state, but the snowmelt should knock the drought out in the next month or two.
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