This is unusual for August, but the flow in the Peace River is approaching near-record lows that the area hasn’t seen in more than two decades.
At Bartow, for instance, the river is flowing so weakly that it is inadvisable to launch a boat to head downstream.
Farther downstream, just as upstream, the flow is approximately 10 percent of the long-term average.
The approaching storm, whose exact path is still a matter of speculation among meteorologists, may bring some heavy rain to restore river flows to nearer normal levels.
If not and in the absence of normal rainfall, it could be a long, dry winter along the river.