LORS2008 Implementation on 1/5/2009 (La Nina Condition):

 

Water Supply Department Technical Input

 

Water Supply Outlook:

District wide, Raindar rainfall 0.028” for the week ending 1/6/2009. Lake stage on 1/4/2009 is 13.92 ft, down 0.12 from last week.

 

The updated December 2008 SFWMM Position Analysis percentile graph and tracking chart for Lake Okeechobee show that the current lake stage is in the Low Operational band and the likelihood of dropping into the Water Shortage Management zone for the on-coming dry season is small.

 

The LORS2008 tributary indices for the regions north are dry for the month of January. The LONIN is in the dry range.

 

 

Water Supply Risk Evaluation

Area

Indicator

Value

Color Coded      Scoring Scheme

LOK

Projected LOK Stage for the next two months

Low Operational

L

Palmer Index for LOK Tributary Conditions

-1.75

M

(Dry)

CPC Precipitation Outlook

1 month: Below Normal

M

3 months: Below Normal

LOK Seasonal Net Inflow Forecast

0.05 ft    (Dry)

M

AMO/la Nina

LOK Multi-Seasonal Net Inflow Forecast

2.00 ft    (Normal)

M

AMO/la Nina

WCAs

WCA 1: Sites 1-7, 1-8T, 1-9

Above Line 1 (16.74 ft)

L

WCA 2A: Site 2-17

Above Line 1  (11.67 ft)

L

WCA-3A: Sites 63, 64 & 65

Above Line 1  (10.37  ft)

L

LEC

Service Area 1

No Restrictions

L

Service Area 2

No Restrictions

L

Service Area 3

No Restrictions

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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