Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report April 8, 2008:

According to the USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is 10.48’ NGVD, which is 0.19’ higher than a week ago and 0.38’ higher than a month ago.  The current stage is 0.39’ higher than it was a year ago and 3.75’ below its historical average for this time of year.  Total inflows exceed 4500 cfs and include the Kissimmee River (~1800 cfs), S71 and S72 (~1800 cfs), S84 (~150 cfs), S77 (~100 cfs), and the L8 at Canal Point (~730 cfs).  No outflows are reported.  Weekend rainfall totals at sites around the lake ranged from 1.50” at the Okeechobee Field Station to 3.74” at the S77.   

 

Monthly phytoplankton monitoring was performed on March 26.  Six of nine sites had sufficient water for sampling.  Mean secchi depth was 0.18 m.  Chlorophyll and toxin data are not yet available, but there was no visual evidence of bloom conditions at any of the sites.

 


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