Notice to Navigators: Upper Mississippi River
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
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Saint Louis, MO 63111
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