WCA -
(June 17, 2008)
Rainfall:
High intensity
rain cells occurred in Shark River Slough and WCA-3 (see attached raindar.gif). High rainfall totals were
recorded for each region except in Fl Bay and in all cases it was enough to
compensate for the general ET level of 1.79 (see srs.pdf).
WCA-1:
1.98
WCA-3A: 2.67
WCA-2A:
2.33
WCA-3B: 3.11
WCA-2B: 2.38
ENP:
1.84
Fire:
No reported
fires this past week.
Water Conservation Areas:
Stages
increased throughout the WCAs in response to increasing rainfall amounts and
extent (see attached WCA Stages.xls).
Wet season precipitation exceeded ET causing stages to increase from a low of
0.02 ft in WCA-2B to a high of plus 0.55 ft in WCA-3B. Despite increasing
stages, wading bird foraging depths continue to be Fair in WCA-1, Good in
WCA-2A and Fair in WCA-3A. Stages are currently below regulation in WCA-1,
slightly above Regulation in WCA-2A and within the E1 zone of the WCA-3A
Regulation Schedule (see WCA_reg_stages.doc).
Rainfall
platforms with sufficient data showed a wide range, from 0.2 (in FL Bay) to
5.6 (in
Salinity
across
Wildlife:
A limited
June nest count indicated a total of 11175 nests (3400 egrets and 7775 White
Ibis nests) in the LNWR, on June 1st. Casual observations indicate
that these late breeding birds continue to forage in the LNWR, WCA-2A and in
STAs, and that birds will fledge over the next 2-5 weeks if water levels do
not rise too much or too quickly. Please contact Mark Cook (mcook@sfwmd.gov)
if you have any questions.
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