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Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For May 18th, 2012
Snowpack is 13% of avg
TotalPrecip is 75.00% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 503.94 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 231 of 366 for the Water Year 2012. We are 63% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3635.94 on May 17, 2012
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on May 14, 2012
There are currently 5,060,069,288,301 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 64.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 63.85% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2012: 4,421,382 acre feet

This is 84.98% of the May 17th average of 5,203,011 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2012: 6,313,764 acre feet

This is 76.72% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2012, water storage has fallen by 2,048,110 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,892,382 AF
Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.2% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2012 are 92.35% of WY 2011         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 29.28% of the May 18th avg. Click for Details


  

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, May 17, 2012
3635.94
-0.05
15528762
7624
10205
n/a
n/a
n/a
Wed, May 16, 2012
3635.99
-0.01
15534543
10083
10145
n/a
n/a
66.0
Tue, May 15, 2012
3636.00
0.01
15535699
11489
10292
n/a
n/a
65.0
Mon, May 14, 2012
3635.99
0.03
15534543
12631
10174
n/a
n/a
64.0
Sun, May 13, 2012
3635.96
0.01
15531074
9786
8589
n/a
n/a
64.0
Sat, May 12, 2012
3635.95
0.06
15529918
13633
9289
n/a
n/a
64.0
Fri, May 11, 2012
3635.89
0.00
15522983
10777
10210
n/a
n/a
64.0
Thu, May 10, 2012
3635.89
0.00
15522983
10800
10233
n/a
n/a
64.0
Wed, May 09, 2012
3635.89
0.03
15522983
12695
10240
n/a
n/a
63.0
Tue, May 08, 2012
3635.86
-0.09
15519517
5146
10243
n/a
n/a
62.0
Mon, May 07, 2012
3635.95
0.05
15529918
13950
10236
n/a
n/a
61.0
Sun, May 06, 2012
3635.90
-0.04
15524139
6722
8672
n/a
n/a
62.0
Sat, May 05, 2012
3635.94
0.11
15528762
16763
9274
n/a
n/a
61.0
Fri, May 04, 2012
3635.83
0.01
15516051
11418
10222
n/a
n/a
61.0
Averages of List
3635.93
0.01
15527276.79
10965.50
9858.86
n/a
n/a
63.1

Averages for May 18th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Since Filled
3648.67
0.29
17450723.42
31362.19
15802.35
83.71
56.49
64.2
All-Time
3627.33
0.31
15588886.60
30336.47
14677.00
84.51
56.42
64.2

Last 10 May 18th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, May 18, 2011
3616.55
0.28
13400917
39333
22361
62.1
50.0
60.0
Tue, May 18, 2010
3621.99
0.07
13975234
17832
9830
73.0
60.1
60.0
Mon, May 18, 2009
3619.40
0.67
13699772
45015
10041
97.0
63.0
69.0
Sun, May 18, 2008
3600.96
0.44
11841886
33042
12136
93.0
61.0
65.0
Fri, May 18, 2007
3604.89
0.41
12222809
26864
10112
88.0
63.0
68.0
Thu, May 18, 2006
3598.13
0.27
11572540
24408
10110
95.0
64.9
70.0
Wed, May 18, 2005
3570.90
0.60
9180010
32803
10355
82.9
52.0
62.0
Tue, May 18, 2004
3585.14
0.15
10386274
19355
10173
87.1
64.0
64.0
Sun, May 18, 2003
3605.26
0.13
12259103
10733
7747
84.0
64.0
60.0
Sat, May 18, 2002
3644.67
-0.06
16561371
4796
10065
91.0
62.1
62.0
Averages of List
3606.79
0.30
12509991.60
25418.10
11293.00
85.31
60.41
64.0


Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, May 17th, 2012 where elevation was 3635.94'

SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY
Antelope Point
3587.00
3586.00
49.94 Above
Open and Usable
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3612.00
3608.00
27.94 Above
Open and Usable
Hite Marina
3650.00
3645.00
9.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
13.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
24.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
32.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
44.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsite Pass Cut-Off
3685.00
3680.00
44.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Blue Notch is unknown and really just shoreline launching at whatever point feels good. No minimum given except amount of courage it takes to reach this launch.


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Wahweap, AZ
Water temperature data is from wayneswords.com*
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Water temp data is provided by Wayne Gustaveson
  as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Weather forecast for Bullfrog, UT
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
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