5,500cfs this afternoon and 6,000cfs on Monday
Update: Today's bump in flows was scheduled for 2pm (not 4pm), and Monday's bump is scheduled for 10am (not 8am). Sorry for any confusion.
This just arrived from Reclamation:
"Recent storms across the Bighorn River Basin have brought good precipitation and greatly improved the mountain snowpack in the Basin. In anticipation of increased inflows into Boysen Reservoir, plans are to increase releases out of Boysen. In response, to control the rate of fill in Bighorn Lake in anticipation of increased inflows, releases out of Yellowtail Dam to the Bighorn River will be increased".
Flows will increase from 5,000cfs to 5,500cfs today at 4pm, and increase another 500cfs to 6,000cfs on Monday at 8am.
While we often have our differences with Reclamation, we do recognize the effort they're making to deal with a rapidly changing water situation, the train derailment near Thermopolis and its consequences, and the uncertainty of the actions of the upstream reservoirs. Most of all, we appreciate them taking the time during this hectic week to solicit input from stakeholders. Now that flows have reached the limit of power generation (with one turbine down), we ask that Reclamation continue to increase releases early to avoid a situation similar to last year.
