Behind the scenes

A big contributor to the success of the forecast of the Red River was the monitoring of the water content of the soil and snowpack via gamma radiation by the National Office of Hydrology Remote Sensing. They travel low altitude flight lines to capture the water content before the snow begins to melt. This information is plugged into the medium range flood forecast. The forecast crest on the Red at Fargo was pegged between 49 and 41 feet with their valuable data incorporated into the model and assessed by the hydrologists.

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