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Page 1: for Apalachicola Flint River Basin...Apr 19, 2016  · • Apalachicola River discharges far above normal the last 4 months. • Big Bend, Northeast Florida, and Southeast Georgia

National Integrated Drought Information SystemDrought Early Warning for the Apalachicola‐Chattahoochee‐Flint River Basin19 April 2016

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Outline

Welcome – Eric Reutebuch, AU Water Resources Center

• Current drought status, seasonal forecasts  and outlooks – David Zierden, Florida Climate Center, FSU

• Streamflows and groundwater – Paul Ankcorn, USGS

• Streamflow forecasts – Jeff Dobur, SERFC

• ACF reservoir conditions – Cynthia Donald, United States Army Corps of Engineers

• Summary and Discussion 

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Global Average Temperature

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U.S. Average Temperature

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Houston Floods

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Current drought status 

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Apalachicola River at Blounstown

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Rainfall – Last 7 Days

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Rainfall – Last 30 Days

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90‐day Rainfall Departures

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7‐Day Precipitation Forecast

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Current SST Anomalies

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Subsurface Temperatures

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El Nino on the decline

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La Nina on the Way?

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El Nino Forecast

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Official NOAA OutlookOne Month

Three‐month

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Streamflows and Groundwater 

(Paul Ankcorn)

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Realtime stream flow compared with historical monthly averages

Current:

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

Previous Brief:

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Below Normal 7‐day Average Streamflows

Below normal 7‐day average streamflow as compared with 

historical streamflow for day shown

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

Current:

Previous brief:

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Lake Lanier Inflows

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

Chattahoochee near Cornelia (02331600)

Chestatee near Dahlonega (02333500)

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Current Streamflows

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

Chattahoochee at Atlanta (02336000)

Chattahoochee near Whitesburg (02338000)

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Current Streamflows

Chattahoochee at West Point (02339500)

Chattahoochee at Columbus(02341460)

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

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Current Streamflows

Flint River near Griffin (02344500)

Flint River near Carsonville(02347500)

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

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Current Streamflows

Flint River at Albany (02352500)

Flint at Bainbridge (02356000)

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

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Streamflows

Apalachicola at Chattahoochee (02358000)

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

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Streamflows

Apalachicola at Chattahoochee (02358000)

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov

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Groundwater Conditions

http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov

Previous brief Current brief

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Groundwater Status – Miller County 08G001

(Upper Floridan Aquifer)

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Groundwater Status – Dougherty County 11K003

(Upper Floridan Aquifer)

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Streamflow Forecasts 

Jeff Dobur

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Above NormalAbove Normal

Near NormalNear Normal

Below NormalBelow Normal

Lake Lanier InflowsLake Lanier Inflows

WhitesburgWhitesburg

West PointWest Point

ColumbusColumbus

WF GeorgeWF George

ColumbusColumbus

WoodruffWoodruff

BlountstownBlountstown

LovejoyLovejoy

CarsonvilleCarsonville

AlbanyAlbany

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USACE – ACF Reservoir Conditions March 2016

Cynthia Donald

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• All ACF federal reservoirs are at or near full pool.

• The ACF system is expected to remain at top of conservation through the spring.

• Lanier began its seasonal refill with the target of 1071 on May 1.

• West Point is continuing its seasonal refill, targeting 635 on June 1st.

• Fish Spawn has begun for all projects in the ACF system.

Summary – Cynthia Donald

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• Spike expected in global temperatures, but the magnitude is alarming.

• Apalachicola River discharges far above normal the last 4 months.

• Big Bend, Northeast Florida, and Southeast Georgia are the “hole” in El Nino rain, heavy amounts in the lower ACF the last 30 days.

• El Nino fading quickly and impacts weakening.

• NOAA predicting a transition to La Nina by fall (70%)

Summary – David Zierden

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Summary ‐ Paul Ankcorn

• Realtime streamflows are in the normal range for most of the ACF basin.

• 28‐day average  streamflows into Lake Lanier are in the normal range.

• 28‐day average streamflows for the Flint River are in the normal range.

• Groundwater levels are in the high to above normal range in Southwest Georgia.

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• 1 Month Streamflow forecast ‐ Near Normal

• 3 Month Streamflow forecast – ESP indicates equal chances.  Favor near Normal.

• Pie Charts do not directly include any adjustments to the ESP forecast based on ENSO, CPC or other.  Based on soil conditions relative to normal in concert with historical precipitation.

Summary – Jeff Dobur

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Questions, Comments, Discussion

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ReferencesAdditional information General drought information

http://drought.govhttp://www.drought.unl.edu

General climate and El Niño informationhttp://agroclimate.org/climate/

Streamflow monitoring  & forecastinghttp://waterwatch.usgs.govhttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/serfc/

Groundwater monitoringhttp://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov

SpeakersDavid Zierden, FSU

Paul Ankcorn, USGS

Jeff Dobur, SERFC

Cynthia Donald, US ACE

ModeratorEric Reutebuch, AU WRC

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Thank you!

Next briefing May 17, 2016, 1:00 pm EDTModerator: Eric Reutebuch

Slides from this briefing will be posted at http://drought.gov/drought/content/regional‐programs/regional‐drought‐webinars

Please send comments and suggestions to:[email protected]