Water Math

[shanewave]

All right, folks, help me out. If 42,562 acre feet of water tumbled into Powell yesterday, and if an acre equals 1/640th of a square mile, does this not equate to the inundation of 66.5 square miles with one foot of water?

 

[RatherBeFishing1]

That’s the result I get

 

[Squirrel]

You guys make my brain hurt. Sq

 

[Richard]

Here is an link to an article posted today from the Grand Junction Sentinel about snow pack and other "river stuff"-- Its amazing how the % of snow pack - though important--- is irrelevant this time of the year -- Regardless there is a "bunch" of water headed to the lake

I traveled the last few days from Grand Junction to Denver. I followed the Colorado, Eagle and Gore (in the Vail Valley)- The Colorado is rocking as was the Eagle but the Gore was relatively clear near the drainage of East Vail -- That just shows you how much runoff is still to come from the upper high country --

Runoff may peak on Sunday

River visitors are being advised to exercise caution and landowners in low-lying areas may want to prepare for possible flooding as waterways in the region could peak Sunday thanks to

www.gjsentinel.com

 

[Tim Fortier]

It’s starting to get going up here in aspen

 

[linnell]

I'm more in the "bunch" of water camp, than trying to remember all that fancy math stuff

 

[capt-capsaicin]

Yes but it sounds better if you say 13.8 billion gallons of water entered into Lake Powell yesterday.