Image Credit: ADOBE STOCK February 04, 2021 - 8:00 PM A gauge malfunction measuring an important Okanagan watershed could have resulted in false high readings for the January snowpack. Shaun Reimer of Ministry of Forests and Lands says the problem was noticed and corrected earlier this week. “I had concerns about the high readings from the Mission Creek snow station, but they didn’t seem surprising, since we had that early October snow,” Reimer says. Inspectors encountered a problem with the gauge, made repairs and recalibrated it on Tuesday. The readings for snow water equivalent – actual moisture in the snow – have since declined somewhat.