Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 11/04/08:

  

 

 

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.19 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 4.02 inches (146% of average) and the lower basin received approximately 0.10 inches to bring the 30 day total to 3.15 inches (121% of average). (Daily Rainfall Report 11/03/08).

·        Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is now 1 ft below regulation schedule and stage in Lakes Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga is approximately 0.5 ft below regulation schedule.

·        Discharge from Lake Kissimmee remained at approximately 300 cfs and discharge at S65C increased from100 cfs to approximately 180 cfs.

·        Water depths on the floodplain currently range from 0.5 to 1.5 ft in general see graphic.

·        The post-Tropical Storm Fay recession rate on the floodplain is approximately 2.4 ft/30 days.

·        From 10/28/08 to 11/4/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 5.4 mg/L to 8.5 mg/L and averaged 6.4 mg/L.

 

 


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