LORS2008 Implementation on 11/02/2009 (El Nino Condition):

 

Water Supply Department Technical Input

 

Water Supply Outlook:

 

District wide, Raindar rainfall 0.098” for the week ending 11/03/2009. Lake stage on 11/02/2009 is 14.06 ft, down 0.08 ft from last week.

The updated November 2009 SFWMM Position Analysis percentile graph and tracking chart for Lake Okeechobee show that the current lake stage is in the Base Flow Band.

The LORS2008 tributary indices are classified as normal. The PDSI indicates normal condition and the LONIN is dry. The classification is based on the wettest of the two.

 

Water Supply Risk Evaluation

 

Area

Indicator

Value

Color Coded

Scoring Scheme

LOK

Projected LOK Stage for the next two months

Base Flow

L

Palmer Index for LOK Tributary Conditions

-1.49

L

(Near Normal)

CPC Precipitation Outlook

1 month: Above Normal

L

3 months: Above Normal

LOK Seasonal Net Inflow Forecast

2.10  ft (Very Wet)

L

AMO warm/ENSO El Nino

LOK Multi-Seasonal Net Inflow Forecast

6.04 ft (Very Wet)

L

AMO warm/ENSO El Nino

WCAs

WCA 1: 3 Station Average (3 Station 1-7,1-8T, and 1-9 Average )

Above Line 1 (16.52ft)

L

WCA 2A: Site 2-17

Above Line 1 (12.87 ft)

L

WCA-3A: 3 Station Average (3 Station  63, 64, and 65 )

Above Line1 (10.31  ft)

L

LEC

Service Area 1

Two days per week watering

L

Service Area 2

Two days per week watering

L

Service Area 3

Two days per week watering

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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