Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report November 4, 2008:

According to the USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is 14.74’ NGVD, which is 0.15’ lower than a week ago, 0.23’ lower than a month ago, and 4.38’ higher than it was a year ago.  The current stage is 0.29’ below the historical average for this date, and 0.78’ above the simulated historical average for the current regulation schedule (LORS2008).  Total reported inflows are 233 cfs, and includes contributions from S71 (48 cfs), S72 (163 cfs), and Fisheating Creek (22 cfs).  These reported inflows do not include approximately 150 cfs through S65E.  Total reported outflows are 623 cfs and include 419 cfs through the S308 and 199 cfs to the L8 at Canal Point.

 

Field sampling during the past week indicates that water-quality and biological conditions are similar to previous weeks.  Water clarity along the western shoreline remains fair, with secchi depth:total depth ratios of 0.3 to 0.4, and locally dense areas of Vallisneria persist in the Fisheating Bay-Harney Pond area.       

          

 

  

 

 


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