Recent storms demand higher releases
The recent storms across the Bighorn Basin has brought much needed precipitation and has dramatically increased the mountain snowpack in the basin. With runoff approaching, Reclamation will use releases to control the rate of fill of Bighorn Lake, which is less than 10 feet from full pool. Accordingly, river releases will be increased from 3,250cfs to 4,000cfs over the next two days.
Specifically, flows will increase from 3,250cfs to 3,500cfs on Wednesday at 8:00am.
On Wednesday at 4pm, flows will increase from 3,500cfs to 3,750cfs.
Finally, on Thursday, flows will again increase from 3,750cfs to 4,000cfs.
It is anticipated that additional increases will be required by the first of next week, if not sooner, and flows may be increased to as high as 5,000cfs.
As always, the latest updates will be posted here.
