Lake Powell should have a good year

[Domsz06]

well that's good. Hope it keeps rising!

[SPBFAN]

Another great site. The visual really helps to see what is going on. The southwestern states are doing very well. I wonder if that will allow them to reduce the flow coming out?

You guys also have to give water to Lake Mead from Powell don't you. And for those that went to the reunion you know how low that lake was. If that is the case how will that effect Powell?

[time2kyl]

You guys also have to give water to Lake Mead from Powell don't you. And for those that went to the reunion you know how low that lake was. If that is the case how will that effect Powell?

Yes, send ME all your water!!!!!

[talltigeguy]

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/

Some of it depends on who gets the lion's share of the runoff. If they give it all to Mead, then Powell won't rise that much. Anyone know how they are going to divide it up?

It seems that they have made it so that both lakes stay about the same % of full in the last 1-2 years. Currently, Mead is at %50 of full and Powell is at %44.

You guys also have to give water to Lake Mead from Powell don't you. And for those that went to the reunion you know how low that lake was. If that is the case how will that effect Powell?

Good question. Powell may not rise nearly as much as we had hoped if they give Mead a good portion of the runoff.

I mostly hope that it could get above the castle rock cutoff, so that I do not have to travel the !@##$%^ antelope channel. That saves me 20 minutes of driving in the car and another 30 minutes or so in the boat. I could almost make it a day trip and call it worthwhile.

[KonaKing]

There is no binding agreement between Powell and mead. Yes they will give water down stream but as to how much is strictly up to those who are on the at Powell

[LovinPowell]

I am pretty sure that the only requirement that exists is something called the lower colorado states agreement (or something to that effect) which states that California, Nevada, and Arizona are entitled to get a certain amount of water from the Colorado river. Glen canyon dam has been required to release enough water to cover that agreement. Hence the reason for the lake level decreasing. In excess years they are not required to give more, therefore the lake level should rise.

[Original Wing Nut]

Moki,

Are you snowed in? For those that don't know Moki's little town got hit huge yesterday and last night. They had kids snowed in at schools and had to spend the night. I have a job that a crew is doing down his way and they couldn't get out of town and spent the night at the fire station. Here is the local story. http://www.kutv.com/content/news/loc...7-4d2d6837e8ec

[Moki]

OWN,
It was crazy. I was driving home when it hit and all the cars had their warning flashers on. I could only see about 5-10 feet in front of me in the white out. The winds were terrible and caused about 4 feet of snow drifts on my driveway. We canceled all of our scout meetings last night. I am glad that I have a 4 wheeler with a plow this year!

Sorry to hear about your crew being snowed in. All of my kids made it back from school.

[SPBFAN]

Let it snow let snow. We need the water. I am glad all is okay. Utah is prepared for it though. It sounds like everyone went into action quickly and things were taken care of.

[talltigeguy]

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/

The snowpack is listed at 127% of normal. Although it is terrific, it seems that the huge snowpack is not in the Colorado River basin.

I also think that one of the biggest months of the year for snowpack up there is February. So %127 at the end of February will mean a lot more than right now.

My website says that the snowpack is at 122% of normal now. As I understand it the maximum snowpack in the Colorado River basin is on tax day, April 15. So I think we are indeed looking pretty for a good rise in the next 2 months.

[Original Wing Nut]

Still snowing at my house today. Good for the snow pack, bad for the local lakes. I drove by Deer Creek and Jordanelle last week and both are still fozen over solid. It will be good to see Lake Powell come up for a change.

[LovinPowell]

Here is the latest graph of the water level at lake powell. The effect of the Grand Canyon flood is very obvious. From the look of this graph, I am wondering if the cut-off will be open by mid June as the experts predict.

[SPBFAN]

Still snowing at my house today. Good for the snow pack, bad for the local lakes. I drove by Deer Creek and Jordanelle last week and both are still fozen over solid. It will be good to see Lake Powell come up for a change.

Let it snow Mead and Powell both need it. I am guessing they are releasing Powell to Mead and that is why the fluctuations are on the graph?

[LovinPowell]

Let it snow Mead and Powell both need it. I am guessing they are releasing Powell to Mead and that is why the fluctuations are on the graph?

The reason for the drastic drop around March 4 is because they did their 3 day flood experiment again. They say that over the course of a year that they will recapture the extra water that was released, but the fact of the matter is that in the short run, the lake is now at least 3 feet lower than what it would be and it will not be made up during the upcoming boating season. For the cutoff to be usable by the middle of June (which is what they project), that blue line will have to be more vertical than the green line (2006) and go up even higher since 2006 didn't rise enough to use the cutoff, even though they projected it that year as well.

For the cutoff to be usable the level needs to be 3620 feet.

I'm very hopeful, but a little pessimistic.

[LovinPowell]

This web site has the numbers behind the graph.

Scroll down to the bottom to see the minimum levels required for certain areas.

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/