Rising Water Lake Powell Continues To Surge

and I welcome you back to the burning channel today we are talking about the Colorado River system, although it has improved,

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to improve and will continue to improve. We're starting out on wendy.com and as you watch this, it's going to be humid. there in the next three days is not really what the European model is so I like to stick to the GFS so we'll start there they're talking about about 0.38 there in Utah and 0.44 there in the Colorado River system all the way through so that's a lot of precipitation this new snow is very little so this will enhance the melting of the snow and make it melt a little bit faster and we're looking at this wet spring just like we saw in '83, this is almost identical to 83 crazy. how that can be 83 23 something similar and we go to the next five days and this brightens a little bit more and we go to the next 10 days and look at this, if this is true, this is much more precipitate The rotation in addition to the precipitation that we had already fallen into the reservoirs and you're talking about two inches here just east of Salt Lake City and you're talking about a ton of precipitation as we slide here in Telluride almost two and a half inches of precipitation Aspen 2.05 and just dumping it here is a very good news and these

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s are filling up and they are filling up quickly and this is good news now that it is the European model, I don't really agree but I will say that the GFS has been more accurate lately.

I looked between Paige and Vegas. Now this is valid. There's another two inches down here. It seemed like after the monsoons came last year, there was a little drought in the fall, but beyond that. It's been pretty wet throughout the entire Colorado River system, so this is fantastic news for the entire area. We'll definitely continue to watch this over time to see what happens and you can see it basically from California. I mean this. Winter is not wet, but this is definitely a good sign for spring. In the end we will see what ends up happening.

Time will tell now. The GFS says more rain is coming to California and there are others hinting that this could get wet again. I'll definitely have to keep an eye on this, this is pretty late in the year for California, it usually starts to dry out so time will tell, we're talking big rain here, the El Nino pattern is starting to change and it's going to continue. It will certainly be very wet for the next few months, if not the next two years, possibly, so we could see full

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s in the very near future within a year or two if things continue to be wet because it rains, it snows, it doesn't matter.

As long as it keeps raining, if it keeps snowing, these lakes will fill up, that's just the way it is, so we had a very good wet monsoon season last year and now we're having a very early, very wet spring, so this is uncharacteristic. from this. but this is typical, this happens in patterns, you will have dry periods, you will have wet periods and it happens that we go back to a wet period as it is, many people do not realize that they live in the now and think that because it is dry it has been dry and it's been dry it'll never be wet again well that's not the way it works you could be dry for five six seven eight nine ten eleven a dozen years and then all of a sudden it changes that's how it works, so let's continue with the graphs here as we move towards Flaming Gorge, the

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level is currently six thousand thirteen point one nine feet MSL on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 12 AM. m. the level is 26.81 feet. below the entire group of 6040. changes since yesterday, this is increasing 0.02 and this has gone up quite a bit and we go out to the last three years and you can see that 6040 is the top six thousand twenty-five point five five. six thousand eighteen point nine six last year this year six thousand thirteen point one nine feet so it's starting to go up and it's starting to be higher than it was and we're still rolling six thousand eight hundred seventy one and its inactive groups 5871 and his Deadpool is 5740.

Flaming Gorge is at 5.50 feet for one year Flaming Gorge is at 12.36 feet for two years Flaming Gorge is at 142.19 feet from an active Hool and we go out to its entrances and exits and its Current inflows are currently 5295 and their outflows are 802 the same as last week it was crazy that it hasn't changed but that's what they are letting out at the spillway that creates electricity at Flaming Gorge and Flaming Gorge is up 3.28 feet long in the last 14 days and continuing. to continue to the next Navajo Lake and Navajo Lake is really starting to rise. This has been increasing for quite some time.

Look at the difference. This is really starting to get close to that 6060 mark and you can see it really had. a pothole here a pothole here and it just fizzled out and this has really come up with more precipitation to come, I have no doubt that this could be completely full by the end of this

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season unless it lets the water out and it looks like They start letting the water out around June 18, so you have one more month to fill it up, so we'll see what happens and continue moving forward to the last three years of Navajo Lake 685 that we just talked about. in 2021 the level was 6035.21 2022 the level was six thousand twenty seven point nine nine feet today it is six thousand fifty six point seven zero feet Deadpool is 5007 175 the water level in Navajo Lake 656.70 feet MSL Saturday May 13, 2023 a 12 a.m. the level is 28.30 feet below the full group of 6085. changes since yesterday, this is up 0.52 feet and we come out here and Navajo Lake is 28.95 feet higher than a year ago.

Navajo Lake is 21.58 feet higher than it was two years ago. Navajo Lake is at 281.70 feet. from Deadpool and we go out to the inlets and outlets of Navajo Lake and the inlets there on Navajo Lake 4785 when their outlets are currently 1004 and the capacity percentage is 73.77 percent of capacity and Navajo Lake has increased by 10, 87 feet in the last 14 days and we continue Continue here and we will go out to Blue Mesa's 2021-22 and 23 and this is what Blue Mesa looks like. Wow, this has really come up. Look at this. This has come up quite a bit. We are getting closer to being on top.

They are really starting to rise and this is fantastic news because as soon as these lakes spill, the water can go down the system and start to be more of a safety for the other lakes like it had been in the past, like one of the guys at the Reconnaissance Office predicted last year this is me just reciting what he said, what I can remember, he said that in '77 or '78 there was an extreme drought and then all of a sudden in '83 we went backwards, so we just things It can change and he was right, he was right.

I relayed the information to him and got a lot of negative responses and we're not here to say I told him so but this guy got it right and I always listen to older people because they have I lived it and I saw it so always keep that in mind and let's keep moving forward here and the water level at Blue Mace is currently 7 1473.36 bmsl on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 12 AM. m. the level is 45.64 feet below the full pool of 7519 and let's go. and look at the last 24 hours 0.82 feet in the last 24 hours, so this is really starting to increase.

We look at the last four years here at Blue Mesa in 2020 the level was 7483.28 in 2021 the level was 7456 2022 the level was 7445.97 and this year this level has gone up to 7473.36 now keep in mind 7473.36 you are literally about 10 feet from where you were in 2020 so this is fantastic news we'll take it and of course your Deadpool is seven thousand three 358 so we're in for the long haul. road from that, fortunately, to their inputs at their outputs at their current inputs 4054 at their current outputs, they actually raised them up to 1170, so now they are starting to increase downstream outputs, which will have effects sooner or later.

Blue Mesa is up 14.80 feet in the last 14 days, about a foot a day, so that's a pretty impressive percentage of capacity there at Blue Mesa which is currently 54.80 percent of capacity and we continue to move up here to the Lake Powell and Lake Powell is really

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, look at the bump here. At Lake Powell, you started here, here was that blush they threw. I got it down to about the 2022 level and now, poof, this is getting further away from last year and closer to 2021 and 2021, we were on a downhill slide the whole time. continued in 2022 and now, what a difference, what a difference, the water level at Lake Pals is currently 3537.14 feet MSL on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 12 AM. m. level is 162.86 feet below full pool 3700 changes since yesterday sinks have risen 1.10 feet fantastic news, your inputs and outputs are as follows as we head to Lake Powell, your inputs are 54,835 54,000, that's a lot, ladies and gentlemen, some of these Upstream rivers are running at about 150 percent capacity and tons of rain are coming in. the next 10 days so these things could reach 60 70 000 CFS with the snow melting due to rain, warmer temps etc. we are getting closer and closer to June we are now halfway to May and this is fantastic news.

We're going to see this lake possibly even rise up to two or three feet a day possibly start to rise. The bad news is that we are still a long way from the top, but the good news is that we have plenty of room in the reservoir, so. bring in two and three feet a day and it won't really affect the lake, it will just add to it and that's good news for a change. Lake Pals outflows are 17,611 so that's good for Lake Mead, as you can see they have increased this. number so this is fantastic news and now the percentage of capacity we are no longer in the 20s ladies and gentlemen and now in the last 14 days this is really incredible look at this.

Lake Powell has risen a dozen feet (12.15 feet) in the last 14 days, not quite a foot per day, but we'll get there in the next two days. This thing should be 14 feet, that's probably what I was thinking because it's been a foot a day with 50,000 CFS coming in daily, that's incredibly good news. and we keep rolling and this is the big one right here this is what I wanted to talk about here 25.78 capacity this thing is full at 25 almost 26 percent it will probably be at 26 in the next few days or two weight more than 23 that were You know, when I was there it was 22 if I'm not mistaken, so this is up three percent and that's a lot and there are ramps open for anyone who is in Recreation and likes to use the lake for fun, that's good for you. , there are already two boat ramps open and there are three or four that are possibly very close to opening, they are like 0.6 inches away from being usable, so in the next few days you will have four marinas that could possibly be open in one or two days and some are only five or six feet away so within the next week there may be five or six reopened for the first time in a long time so this is fantastic news the lake will continue to grow just as predicted and I think more water will enter the tank.

I'm still sticking with it that it will be over 100 feet, maybe 110 feet, some people still say only 50. I just don't see it, there's a ton of water still to come and there's still more precipitation in the forecast, not to mention the upper headwaters received a ton of rain the last few days that has to go all the way through the system and I'm not sure how long it will last. It'll be a while to get there, but wow, that's just amazing, so good news for Lake Powell. Good news for the Colorado River system. The good news

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instead of being the bearers of bad news, we have been the bearers of good news for a change. and let's keep rolling here The last three years of Lake Powell, full pools 3,700 in 2021 the level was 3560.88 last year it was 3524 this year we are at 3537 we are getting closer to this number and moving away from this number and that is what we want idle pools 3490 Deadpool is 3370 and still rolling Lake Powell is 13.14 feet higher than it was a year ago, however Lake Powell is down 23.74 feet from two years ago Lake Powell is 47.14 feet away from the inactive pool and that's good news for a chain instead of being too close, we're moving away, which is fantastic.

Lake Pals, 167.14 feet from Deadpool, so we're a long way from that. We've always been a long way from Deadpool, but we've been pretty close to losing power there in recent years, so. We'll take that and the higher the water level, the more energy they can produce, so that's good news all the way to Lake Mead, let's go 2021 22nd and 23rd. the blue ones this year, the white ones two years ago and the yellow one is the year past you can see we've surpassed, you can barely tell, but we've surpassed last year's level at this time on this date, so we're above last year for the first time in a long time, so that's really good news for Lake Mead.

You can see where the big Lake Powell meat is coming from upstream and you can see we're finally starting to pick up, usually last year they only released about 11 to 9,000 CFS and this year they released 17 so it's a increase from where it was, so we'll take that too and continueimplementing here to the water level, the water level in Lake Mead and these are more current than the others, they only update them once a day to the others, these update them. every hour for some reason I don't understand because there are people at Lake Powell every day so I'm not sure why they don't do it but they don't do it at the Recreation Office where I get my water level numbers. at Lake Meads 1051.45 feet MSL Sunday May 14, 2020 3 at 4 a.m. the level is 177.54 feet below the total pool level of 1229 changes since yesterday the lake has risen 0.01 feet and we continue to move towards Lake Mead here and you can see, the entire pool of Lake Mead is 1229, that happened in 1983 ago a long time and in 2021 the level was 1076.70 last year it was 1051.37 this year 1051.45, so we are finally above last year's level.

We are finally giving some positive news, good news in fact, inactive groups 950 Deadpools. 895 and we implemented it. Lake Mead has dropped 0.08 feet since a year ago. Yes, Lake Mead has dropped 25.25 feet since two years ago. Lake Mead has dropped 2.25 feet since two years ago. The inactive pool is 101.4 five feet away. We are going higher and higher. and further away from that number, the fantastic Deadpool is 156.45 feet away and now we go to the exits and entrances of Lake Mead, its entrances are currently 21,755, its current exits are currently 15,639 and Lake Mead has increased 1.76 feet in the last 14 days and it's the biggest tank so it takes the longest to fill so when you see only 0.1 showing up that's a profit, anything higher is a bonus so we'll take what let's get and that's what we got and we will continue to get to the percentage of capacity. below and your percentage of capacities is 30.10 percent of capacity and we will continue to move up here to Lake Mojave the next 2021-22 and 23 and here we are you can see this is all over the place and generally has a great depth to starting from about mid-September to the end of November and then they start filling it in, they do it every year as you can see, and you can see it's all over the place, like Lake Havasu and these lakes are usually pretty full, so There really isn't much to worry about.

The Lake Mohave water level is currently 643.45 feet MSL on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 5:45 AM. m., the level is 3.55 feet below full pool at 647. Lake Mohave has risen 0.21 in the last 24 hours, so it is

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. exit to the last three years of Lake Mojave 647 is the best 2021 the level of 642.85 last year was 643.6 this year 643.45 and Deadpool is 533 exits entries in Lake Mohave its current entries are 16,731 its current exits it's 30 13017 Lake Mohave has risen 0.43 feet in the last 14 measurements and we're heading out to Lake Havasu 2021 22 and 23 and here's your graph and hello everyone at Lake Havasu supercharge Brad to all of you Richard, let's hope all is well with all of you and I hope everything goes well and I can't wait to get back out that way soon hopefully things will get me on track that way and we'll continue to move towards Lake Havasu water levels for today the levels of water for today is 448.76 feet, Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 12. p.m. the level is 3.76 feet above the total level of 445 the lake has dropped 0.04 in the last 24 hours Lake Havasu Inflows and Outflows Lake Havasu's current inflows are 13,041 and its current outflows are 11,000 and 4.

Lake Havasu It's up 0.48 feet in the last 14 days and that's all I have thanks to everyone for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the video and I'll see you in the next one. God bless you and have a great Mother's Day.