WCA -
Rainfall:
Total
precipitation (in inches) for the week, starting in the North, was WCA1=0.66; WCA2A=1.32; WCA2B=0.95; WCA3A=1.25; WCA3B=1.39; ENP=1.66 inches (see attached Raindar.gif).
Rainfall was patchy across ENP
and FL Bay, with platform totals ranging from trace amounts (< 0.1”) to
2.8”.
Water Conservation Areas:
Rainfall
amounts resulted in modest net increases in water depth for all regions with
the exception of WCA-1 (-0.08’) (see attached WCA Stages.xls).
Marsh depths now range between 0.68 ft (6-3 gage) and 1.7 ft. (6-5 gage)
(Note: Gage 99 is not considered a marsh gauge.), and continued increases are
seen a good thing for the environment. In terms of the Regulations
Schedules; WCA-1 is below regulation, WCA-2A is above Regulation, and WCA-3A
is below regulation (see WCA Regulation Stages.doc).
Trends in water levels across
the ENP wetlands have been mixed over recent weeks.
Some areas, like in the southern Taylor Slough area of Craighead Pond (CP),
have remained unusually stable for several weeks now. In other
extremities of the Park, such as in Shark River Slough (P33) & in the
panhandle (EVER6), there has been a slow decline over
recent weeks, the timing of which corresponds with local rainfall accumulation
(or lack thereof). Water level at
Salinity continued to remain
seasonably low & stable across FL Bay. Trout Ck. salinity was
somewhat flashy last week, generally holding in single digits with brief
periods rising over 10 psu. Salinity at the
mouth of
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