Priscilla and Raymond

RobertGosselin said:
It looks like the next 5 or 6 days may bring considerable rain to the watersheds that feed Lake Powell especially in SW Colorado and SE Utah. Is anyone else expecting some positive numbers on the elevation chart?
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You never know, but it's certainly possible that the lake could rise. Just as an extreme example, big storms in mid-October 1972 caused the lake to rise by about 5 feet over a two-week period, and on October 19 and 20, more than a foot each day. Inflows actually exceeded 40,000 cfs for a couple of days before backing off... In those two weeks, the lake gained about 500,000 af in volume...
 
With what the weather forecasters are saying, it is very possible. When the Hanksville area (Fremont River) flooded in 2006, the lake did come up several feet in just a few days.
I just got back from the Phoenix area and they are predicting several inches in that area with this storm and in Moab, they are urging home owners to get their sandbags filled and ready.

I just hope everyone is safe if we get the rain they ae predicting. Remember, Stay out of the slot canyons and away from the waterfall areas.
 
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