Elevation Change from January 22, 2011
Mendota 848.54 +0.06 ft
Monona NA NA
Waubesa 844.20 No change
Kegonsa 842.52 - 0.10 ft
The Lake Monona gage has been off line since January 17, due to icing problems. I expect Lake Monona continues to respond similarly to Lake Waubesa.
We have received 0.75 inches of precipitation in the form of snowfall since January 22, 2011 .
Snow fall from December 1, 2010 to date, is 55.2 inches compared to the norm of 26.6 inches. We have a snow pack of 19 inches
Currently Lake Mendota is 0.4 ft above Winter Minimum. Flow out of Lake Mendota remains steady in order to allow Lakes Monona and Waubesa to drop. We expect to maintain this flow rate for the next few weeks.
Locks and dams at both Babcock County Park and Lafollette County Park remain completely open since April, in full flow condition.
Lake Kegonsa is 0.17 ft above Winter Minimum.
The Stoughton Dam is operating near the low end of their water level orders. We are not able to collect velocity data at the Fortun St location, most likely to icing problems. Yesterday's discharge was 194 cfs compared to a median average of 245 cfs.
For more information on lake management issues, please see the Dane County website at: http://countyofdane.com/lwrd/landconservation/lakelevelpg.aspx
