The risk of major flooding on the Mississippi River remains high. That's according to the second Spring Flood Outlook from the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. (Watch the webinar below for details.)
Hydrologist, Jessica Brooks, says the outlook hasn't changed significantly over the last two weeks. (See link below for the first outlook.)
There's still a lot of snowpack in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and its water content is high.
In addition, the chance of precipitation from March through May is above normal for the Quad Cities area.
An even higher potential for precipitation is forecast for locations to the southeast, so Brooks is pleased we're not in that "bullseye" area.
As usual, it will rain here this spring. But she hopes it won't be like last year when the rainy weather became a pattern that repeated itself for months on end.
Temperatures continue to have equal chances of being above, near, or below normal. So Brooks expects a similar weather pattern to continue with changes from warmer to colder occurring frequently.
And it bears repeating, the chance of major flooding on the Mississippi River is more than 95%.
The Quad Cities National Weather Service will release its third Spring Flood Outlook in two weeks.
