WEATHER - Forecast still looks seasonable and mostly sunny. Thunderstorms are in the forecast for Monday but ‘”so far’ in the evening - when everyone will be driving home.
RELEASES
SAVAGE - Not really a release since the reservoir is full and the water is flowing over the spillway, but currently 308 cfs and dropping slowly. It should be a little above the 250 cfs minimumfor Saturday.
N. BR. POTOMAC - Balt Dist of ACE must read my postings, they cranked up the release from Bloomington (Randolph Jennings) for a couple days. There is still a lot of water behind the dam and the announced release for this weekend is 450 cfs, a little more than the 400 cfs minimum.
UPPER YOUGH - FRIDAY *** & SATURDAY*** - Will be beefy w/o the release, borderline scary during the release bubble (see below)
NATURAL FLOW -
WILLS - Low on Sat, very low for Sunday.
LOWER YOUGH - Currently 7.37 ft / 7590 cfs of which 5600 is coming from the dam. ****ACE has changed their planned release and now anticipates cutting the flow from the dam back to 3300 cfs on Saturday, 1200 on Sunday and 1800 on Monday.*** The flows from Casselman and Laurel Hill creek will diminish but still provide ~1500cfs on Sat, tapering to ~1100 on Monday. . Expect upper 5.5 ft on Sat, ~3.9 on Sunday and 3.8 the first part of Monday rising to 4.4 ft on Monday afternoon - as the bubble works its way downstream. The Monday bubble won’t affect many boaters due to the travel time. from Confluence. If you are putting on after 1pm, it may catch up to you.
DRY FORK of CHEAT - Med Sat, med-low, low on Monday
BIG SANDY - Med (~ 5.8 to 5.9ft) on Sat, tapering to med-low, then low by Monday
TYGART - GORGE - tapering from Med+ on Sat to med-low on Monday
TYGART - ARDEN - Med+
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