Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report
December 23, 2008:
According to the USACE web site, Lake
Okeechobee stage is 14.07’ NGVD, which is 0.10’ lower
than a week ago, 0.27’ lower than a month ago, and 3.82’ higher
than it was a year ago. The current
stage is 0.61’ below the historical average for this date, and
0.50’ above the simulated historical average for the current regulation
schedule (LORS2008). Total reported
inflows are 115 cfs and include contributions from
S65E (98 cfs) and Fisheating
Creek (17 cfs).
Total reported outflows are 958 and include environmental releases to
the Caloosahatchee
River (434 cfs), water-supply releases through S352 (136 cfs) and S354 (144 cfs), and
releases to the L8 at Canal Point (244 cfs).
Monthly phytoplankton monitoring was performed at all nine
sites last Thursday (December 18th). Mean secchi
depth was 0.44 m (compared to 0.40 m in November) with greatest depths (>
0.60 m) in the north and west. Chlorophyll and toxin data are not yet available
but an isolated light water-column bloom was observed near the Clewiston Water
Intake.
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