Papa Jacks High Water Level Contest 2023 (Guessing has Closed) Winner KY Kevin

[KYKevin]

KYKevin is getting his boat ready to take the plunge.

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With a name like waterman, would you please make it rain so we can get that water back in Farleys
Thanks for all you do waterman

 

[flowerbug]

I was sure hoping for 3590 but not looking good at this point.

Probably pretty close right now. Do you snorkle? (o.o6 of an inch!...
that's called skating on thin ice! Tomorrow will be your turn.)

 

[airford1]

So the Cut got wet and that is going to be about it. Hoped for more

 

[Paul_G]

So the Cut got wet and that is going to be about it. Hoped for more

At least we got that. Thought we may never see that again last year as the level kept dropping and dropping.

 

[KYKevin]

Probably pretty close right now. Do you snorkle? (o.o6 of an inch!...
that's called skating on thin ice! Tomorrow will be your turn.)

I don't skate, but I ice fish thin ice
It was a real good uneducated guess though

 

[jimmybame]

Looks like I’m next I’m enjoying this great spot before I go under

 

[Mildog]

I don't skate, but I ice fish thin ice
It was a real good uneducated guess though

Kevin,
How’s the water temp?
Warm enough for a long swim?
I was hoping I would swim, but no way at this point. Bummer but a great water year!

 

[POk3s]

A red number this morning! Seems a bit low from what the river inflows are but red nonetheless! We may have reached the peak!

 

[fishfry]

A red number this morning! Seems a bit low from what the river inflows are but red nonetheless! We may have reached the peak!

Obviously an error in reporting

 

[Lazarus]

That was my thinking . . . . how do you go from 29,000+ inflows on Wednesday to 15,000+ on Thursday. One day and the inflows are cut in half??? Can't be.

 

[fishfry]

That was my thinking . . . . how do you go from 29,000+ inflows on Wednesday to 15,000+ on Thursday. One day and the inflows are cut in half??? Can't be.

plus it is blazing hot and is currently melting the rest of the high mountain snow that is still around which should sustain the runoff some.

 

[Jan Hertzen]

It looks like the lake has topped out for 2023; 3585 feet may be it for the year. Another year like this would be great. I only needed 25 more feet for a well-earned victory at 3610 (what was I thinking?).

 

[nzaugg]

It looks like the lake has topped out for 2023; 3585 feet may be it for the year. Another year like this would be great. I only needed 25 more feet for a well-earned victory at 3610 (what was I thinking?).

It's OK to be wildly optimistic! It's why every sports fan thinks this is the year.

 

[bdn]

Considering all the pessimistic prose posted in the lay press (and even some here on WW) that the lake wouldn’t rise much above the 3540’s - I’d say it’s been a fantastic year for the entire upper basin. Many of the upstream reservoirs are full or in the 90% range, and Powell has made a considerable rebound in just one spring runoff. We certainly have a ways to go and need some additional wet years going forward - but for a skeptical person like myself - I’m happily in the glass is half full camp. Cheers!

 

[Dungee]

Considering all the pessimistic prose posted in the lay press (and even some here on WW) that the lake wouldn’t rise much above the 3540’s - I’d say it’s been a fantastic year for the entire upper basin. Many of the upstream reservoirs are full or in the 90% range, and Powell has made a considerable rebound in just one spring runoff. We certainly have a ways to go and need some additional wet years going forward - but for a skeptical person like myself - I’m happily in the glass is half full camp. Cheers!

Yup, long ways to go but still much better than many predictions and forecasts. Now, we all need to buffer ourselves for the relentless “one wet spring won’t fix anything” slant that drainers will undoubtedly affix too (a very true point, but they will put it in the worst possible light) until hopefully disproven by another good winter.

 

[SBennett]

Considering all the pessimistic prose posted in the lay press (and even some here on WW) that the lake wouldn’t rise much above the 3540’s - I’d say it’s been a fantastic year for the entire upper basin. Many of the upstream reservoirs are full or in the 90% range, and Powell has made a considerable rebound in just one spring runoff. We certainly have a ways to go and need some additional wet years going forward - but for a skeptical person like myself - I’m happily in the glass is half full camp. Cheers!

When visiting Powell the glass is always full, it may only be half full with water but clean air and beautiful scenery make it overflow!

 

[WaterMan]

Back up today, it's going to be a teeter totter for a while.

 

[KYKevin]

Jimmybame
You have to be loving it man. I know I am
A great water year, hope we get it again next year.

 

[jimmybame]

Jimmybame
You have to be loving it man. I know I am
A great water year, hope we get it again next year.

Yeah we both definitely chose a lucky number I’ve actually been on the lake since the fourth hopefully we get another winter like the last

 

[jimmybame]