Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 10/28/08:

  

 

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.66 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 3.98 inches (124% of average) and the lower basin received approximately 0.60 inches to bring the 30 day total to 3.92 inches (127% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 10/27/08).

·        Water levels in most of the upper basin lakes continue to closely follow their regulation schedules.  Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is now 0.8 ft below regulation schedule.

·        Discharge from Lake Kissimmee remained at approximately 300 cfs and discharge at S65C decreased from 450 cfs to 100 cfs.  

·        Water depths on the floodplain currently range from 0.5 to 1.4 ft in general see graphic.

·        Large numbers of wading birds are foraging on the floodplain.

·        From 10/21/08 to 10/28/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 0.89 mg/L to 8.71 mg/L and averaged 5.5 mg/L.

 


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