Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report November 25, 2008:
According to the
USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is
14.33’ NGVD, which is 0.16’ lower than a week ago, 0.57’
lower than a month ago, and 4.04’ higher than it was a year ago.
The current stage is 0.55’ below the historical average for this date,
and 0.51’ above the simulated historical average for the current
regulation schedule (LORS2008). Total reported inflows are 104 cfs and include contributions from S65E (90 cfs) and Fisheating Creek (14 cfs). Total reported outflows are 1169 cfs and include 696 cfs through
the S308, 209 cfs through the S77, and 263 cfs to the L8 at Canal Point.
Monthly
phytoplankton monitoring was performed at all nine sites last Thursday (November
20). Mean secchi depth was 0.40 m (compared to 0.35 m
in October) but conditions at the offshore sites were very turbid (secchi depth less than 0.05 m). Tannic conditions
persist in the west at Harney Pond and Indian Prairie and also around the Kissimmee River in the north. Chlorophyll and toxin data
are not yet available but no blooms were observed.
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