Notice to Navigators: Upper Mississippi River

By Dede Smith | March 1, 2022

RIAC: UMR Spring Snow Melt Pepin Ice Bridge

 

As info...

 

I wouldn’t expect much at this time from snow melt on the UMR:

Lots of snow info here: https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/   the animations are entertaining

Note that most of northern MN drains to the Red River, Hudson Bay and Lake Superior:

And mountain snowpack was  below average on 21FEB, this runoff shows up in STL May-JUN from Missouri river

Lake Pepin Ice, next measurement scheduled for tomorrow  https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Ice-Measurements/

From last week, compared to prior years:

 

Bernie Heroff
Port Captain Navigation/Training
ARTCo – Ag Services and Oilseeds
American River Transportation Co., LLC
P.O. Box 2889
Saint Louis, MO 63111
t 314 481 8828 / m 314 803 4644

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