Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 4/28/09:

  • Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.02 inches of rainfall and the lower Kissimmee Basin received 0.05 inches (Daily Rainfall Report 4/27/09).
  • Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is approximately 0.5 ft below regulation schedule.
  • Lakes Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga are now at or very close to their regulation schedules.
  • The Alligator chain of lakes is 0.42 ft below regulation and Lake Gentry is 0.44 ft below regulation schedule.
  • Lakes Hart and Mary Jane are very close to regulation schedule.
  • Discharge from East Lake Tohopekaliga and Lake Tohopekaliga is 256 cfs and 630 cfs respectively.
  • Snail kites continue to nest on Lake Tohopekaliga, East Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Kissimmee, Lake Hatchineha, Lake Jackson and Lake Istokpoga.
  • Discharge from Lake Kissimmee continues at about 600 cfs and the floodplain of the Kissimmee River is essentially dry.  Some shoaling has been reported in the river channel in northern Pool B/C.
  • A slight turbidity plume (presumably from the ongoing construction) is visible in lower Pool B/C and northern Pool D.
  • Discharge at S65C is about 200 cfs.
  • Over the last seven days, dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 5.5 mg/L to 7.8 mg/L and averaged 7.0 mg/L.

 

 


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