Utah Windriders Association

Hey people... Just thought I would share a little tidbit of nerd fun info with you. I have been watching water levels in the state a little too much. I'm thinkng there's a few others of you out there with this sickness too! Anyway, just yesterday (May 22,2005) enough water was RETAINED from INFLOW in Lake Powell to FILL UP Rockport Reservoir with around 5000 acre feet left over. Retained, that's even considering what left the lake with evaporation and outflow!!! Here is another great website for ya. The link back to http://www.wayneswords.com is pretty cool too... I don't know if this is appropriate to post here. But I thought it might be interesting to note.

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/WaterDB/LP_WaterDB.php

Total inflow average yesterday was 41042 cfs (cubic ft. sec.) at Lake Powell... I guess the Columbia River would've filled Rockport in a matter of hours... At Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia(Grand Coulee Dam) it saw 152,000 cfs come in... (152,000 cfs*60sec*60min*24hr)/43,560 cf=301,487Acre feet... Rockport is about 75,000AF capacity full pool... Jordanelle is about 306,000AF, DEER CRIK is around 193,000AF I believe. As Bobby Buche from Waterboy would say, "That's some H20!"

I wonder what the Amazon is?!?

Snikeys! I just answered my own question... I looked up Amazon flow... During the rainy season, it pumps 6.5 Million Cubic feet per second into the Atlantic Ocean... That is 12.8 million Acre Feet a day... It could fill Lake Powell from Empty to full in a little under 2 days... Lake Powell is 24 Million Acre Feet...

see you on the water.

PS Let's just hook a hose up to one of those and leave it running at Rush! Oh yeah, by the way, one more thing... Yesterday, 400-500 AF of water EVAPORATED from Lake Powell... When RUSH Lake is full, it holds 243 Acre feet... We're not asking for much!

Dude, you need to get a girlfriend. Better start hanging out with
Dave, he seems to know where to find'm.

Oh, and thanks for the info, you know it interests me (of course I already
have a lifetime mate).

-Craig

RickHeninger wrote:Hey people... Just thought I would share a little tidbit of nerd fun info with you. I have been watching water levels in the state a little too much. I'm thinkng there's a few others of you out there with this sickness too! Anyway, just yesterday enough water was RETAINED from INFLOW in Lake Powell to FILL UP Rockport Reservoir with around 5000 acre feet left over. Retained, that's even considering what left the lake with evaporation and outflow!!! Here is another great website for ya. The link back to http://www.wayneswords.com is pretty cool too... I don't know if this is appropriate to post here. But I thought it might be interesting to note.

http://lakepowell.water-data.com/WaterDB/LP_WaterDB.php

Total inflow average yesterday was 41042 cfs (cubic ft. sec.) at Lake Powell... I guess the Columbia River would've filled Rockport in a matter of hours... At Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia(Grand Coulee Dam) it saw 152,000 cfs come in... (152,000 cfs*60sec*60min*24hr)/43,560 cf=301,487Acre feet... Rockport is about 75,000AF capacity full pool... Jordanelle is about 306,000AF, DEER CRIK is around 193,000AF I believe. As Bobby Buche from Waterboy would say, "That's some H20!"

I wonder what the Amazon is?!?

see you on the water.

PS Let's just hook a hose up to one of those and leave it running at Rush! Oh yeah, by the way, one more thing... Yesterday, 400-500 AF of water EVAPORATED from Lake Powell... When RUSH Lake is full, it holds 243 Acre feet... We're not asking for much!

he he... I think that a wife is really going to be the cure! I agree!