projected lake levels

[john1947]

I thought this might be a good post
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=3882&destination=ShowItem

[Iceman]

John;

Thank you for the post & link, lets hope we have more water this year!

John

[BSmaster]

Good post. It took me awhile to decipher but I think we are projected to have more water??? I hope so.

[Jack]

Oh Boy !!

http://news.yahoo.com/2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record-233716573.html

[BSmaster]

[motoman]

hum , i click the link and get a

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[Don Supon]

It was a good post, really.

But it fits righ in there with weather predictions.

 

Keep in mind that it is calling for normal lake levels for us. ALL of the Great Lakes are down 2+ feet. The IJC controls L. Ontario levels and is capable of making it be whatever they desire. They can hold the water back from the St. Laurance River to keep our lake level reasonable if they choose to. The other lakes are all at the mercy of Mother Nature the farther you get from Ontario, so without A LOT of precipitation west of us and the destruction that would entail from that senerio, I'm skeptical of the benefits implied by these predictions.

 

Hoping our Lake reaches and maintains "normal" levels, but all is still only PREDICTION.

[jimski2]

Things are not going to get better. We need to prepare to live with what we have. We need new boat ramps, deeper marinas if we expect to use our boats.

 Lakes Huron and Michigan are down three feet since the rivers were dredged and all the high water we had for the past seventy years is gone. We are back to where we were in the 1930's and that is how it is. Hope for some hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic ocean to maintain what we have. Local rain and snowmelt is only water from the lakes and is only a smaller return than the lakes lose through evaporation. 

[momay4000]

 

Things are not going to get better. We need to prepare to live with what we have. We need new boat ramps, deeper marinas if we expect to use our boats.

 Lakes Huron and Michigan are down three feet since the rivers were dredged and all the high water we had for the past seventy years is gone. We are back to where we were in the 1930's and that is how it is. Hope for some hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic ocean to maintain what we have. Local rain and snowmelt is only water from the lakes and is only a smaller return than the lakes lose through evaporation. 

 

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=e1286eb9814cf594eba20351fe108b50&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lakeontariounited.com%2Ffishing-hunting%2Findex.php%2Ftopic%2F34405-low-water-levels-and-brown-trout%2F&v=1&libid=1360687612009&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glerl.noaa.gov%2Fdata%2Fnow%2Fwlevels%2Fdbd%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lakeontariounited.com%2Ffishing-hunting%2Findex.php%2Fforum%2F4-open-lake-discussion%2F&title=Low%20water%20levels%20and%20brown%20trout.%20-%20Open%20Lake%20Discussion%20-%20Lake%20Ontario%20United&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glerl.noa...ow%2Fwlevels%2Fdbd%2F&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13606876291772

Here's a link which shows historical data on the Great Lakes water levels over time. Although I agree that the launch ramps and harbor access needs some TLC from government funded sources, I'm not so pessimistic on the water levels. I think they are following historical trends.

Thanks,

- Chris

[Don Supon]

Historical trends are being repeated, Chris, but at below average levels since 1999. With all the lakes being extremely low, how would anyone think that the lakes can rebound to even the average levels of before 1999.<br /><br />Harbor access and launch ramps work will have to be done quickly and repeatedly, for many years, before we can return to the levels we are accustomed to. The "good old days" (average levels at least) will be gone for a long time, maybe for this lifetime or longer. I will continue to be pessimistic, regretably.

[jimski2]

The state of Michigan has appropriated 21 million dollars from the general fund to dredge 49 harbors from the upper peninsula to Detroit. Read it on "Boat Nerd" news channel.

 

http://boatnerd.com/

[john1947]

A friend of mine told me the shipping on the river starts march 28.Wonder how much this will effect the lake level coming up this spring.Also long term forcast calls for another dry summer out west and a hotter and dryer summer here and on the great lakes.Outboards seem the prefered boat with this kind of forcast.

[jimski2]

Before Lake Erie rises to give more water to Lake Ontario, Lakes Michigan and Huron have to come up three feet. Where all this water will come from, no one knows.