WCA -
06 November 2007
Rainfall:
Rainfall
throughout the WCAs and the northern
Water
Conservation Areas:
Water depths
decreased by 0.41’ and 0.15’ in WCA-2A and WCA-2B, respectively (see WCA_stages.xls). Water
depth changes in other WCA impoundments did not change appreciably. Water
depths averages for WCA impoundments all exceeded 1.3’ with highest average
depths occurring in WCA-2B (3.3’). Stages in WCA-1 are within Zone A2,
WCA-2A remains well above regulation, and stages in WCA-3 below regulation (see
WCA_reg_stages.doc).
Rainfall totals
were moderate across ENP and FL Bay last week. Wetland stations where
data was available (many stations was not recording) received between 0.75 –
1.1” of rainfall. The weekly RAINDAR basin-wide spatial averages were ~
0.4” for the ENP basin and just higher at 0.9” to the east in the C-111 basin,
in close agreement with the few stations from which we did receive data last
week.
ENP wetland water
levels displayed mixed trends. Water levels both at Shark River Slough
(P33) and at the southeastern end of ENP in the panhandle (EVER6) were nearly
unchanged (up by 0.2”, down by 0.1”, respectively).
Salinity remained
generally low and stable across FL Bay, with the exception of a brief reversal
at the end of the week just prior to the passage of the weekend cold
front. Strong flow from the Everglades down to the Bay through both Trout
Creek and Taylor River allowed salinity to remain in the single digits for much
of the 7 day period, with the exception of a brief reversal Friday-Saturday in
which salinity shot up (10-20 psu) before dropping back down again.
Salinity in the
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