Rainfall this month across the southern end of the Red River Basin is ahead of last year - one of the wettest fall's on record. That helped contribute to record spring flooding.
Steve Buan, a flood forecaster for the U.S. National Weather Service, says there are eerie similarities to last year but he says a number of factors play into what will happen next spring.
Last year, a hard freeze in early November locked up saturated soils. When the snow melted in March -- run-off went straight into the rivers...
Aware of the potential for flooding next spring, Buan says the National Weather Service, the Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Geological Survey have just met in St. Paul to compare notes and he says they're "all on top of their game."