Lake Level rapidly rising!

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If you look at the images below, you will see where I track river flows in the first image and when click on the link, the second window appear with details. A few days ago total river CFS was over 76000 and Pct of Avg Flow was over 160%. As you can see those numbers are both down and given where the snowpack is (which is still great for mid June) it is a pretty easy call to say we have peaked...

I hope this helps,

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maybe it has peaked but doesn't that 150% of average show that the positive inflow into the lake is far from over? And the average snowpack is increasing with the calendar marching on. That means that the release of that water is being pushed further and further back in the calendar with more unreleased water in that snowpack than ever has been by 1,500% of the average. This water in that snowpack will have to come down at one point. Maybe not this year, but up there is about as good as in the lake for future years, I would guess?
 
Airford: For Mead and Powell to fill, we would need the next 2 years to be like 2019. Funny thing about 2019 was we had a good year but Total Precip was only 125% of average and snowpack was like 140%. That means one thing, 2019 was colder than usual and the snow that usually melts during the winter did not and held on (and is still holding on) through the spring. If we saw 140% of the total precip average and had a cold winter, it would be amazing but we would probably see some serious flooding...

Bjorn: Oh, there is a lot of snow left as one can see looking at the Vail pic on the UC Snowcams. Releases are being pushed back and there was lots of room in the reservoirs above Powell this year that wont be there next year...
 
"The biggest years ever was 1983 and 84. The lake was so full before the runoff they couldn’t let the water out fast enough. I bet if they needed the water in Powell ,those years would the record hands down "
And we wonder why the lake
 
Ride -- from the Wayneswords Home page scroll down to the Useful Links. Click on the USBR operations. On that page are links to the three rivers feeding LP (they are in a side column on a tablet or PC, down below on cell phone). The critical data is the Colorado River which is basically unregulated flow from the big snow pack. The graph shows how discharge levels have dropped down close to average. I think Dave, the water guru, believes the river will not pick up from now on. Still lots of water to come for a long time, but daily inflows may have peaked.
 
David Fordham said:
Airford: For Mead and Powell to fill, we would need the next 2 years to be like 2019. Funny thing about 2019 was we had a good year but Total Precip was only 125% of average and snowpack was like 140%. That means one thing, 2019 was colder than usual and the snow that usually melts during the winter did not and held on (and is still holding on) through the spring. If we saw 140% of the total precip average and had a cold winter, it would be amazing but we would probably see some serious flooding...

Bjorn: Oh, there is a lot of snow left as one can see looking at the Vail pic on the UC Snowcams. Releases are being pushed back and there was lots of room in the reservoirs above Powell this year that wont be there next year...
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So you’re saying there’s a chance! 😂
 
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