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chris
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Posted: Feb 12, 2013 Post Subject: Chili Bar - was Below Normal water year, is now Dry
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| The B120 report for February came out Friday, and it predicts that the "Unimpaired Runoff" above Folsom Reservoir will be 2.52 MAF (million acre-feet). This is within the Below Normal range.
The result is that scheduled releases below Chili Bar will continue unchanged. See the Chili Bar release schedule for details. However, note that these are only the guaranteed releases - in practice, at their discretion, SMUD/PG&E may release boatable flows any day of the week, any time. Just don't count on them.
This new schedule will persist until the next B120 bulletin comes out, around March 10. If we have significant precipitation between now and then, the situation could improve after March 10. Conversely, it could get worse. So be sure to "think rain", and check back again around March 10.
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Edited once. Last edited by chris May 8, 2013.
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chris
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| The B120 report for March came out today, and it predicts that the "Unimpaired Runoff" above Folsom Reservoir will be 1.92 MAF (million acre-feet). This is still within the Below Normal range.
The result is that scheduled releases below Chili Bar will continue unchanged. See the Chili Bar release schedule for details.
This schedule will persist until the next B120 bulletin comes out, around April 10. If we have significant precipitation between now and then, the situation could improve after April 10. Conversely, it could get worse. So be sure to "think rain/snow", and check back again around April 10.
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chris
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| The B120 report for April came out today, and it predicts that the "Unimpaired Runoff" above Folsom Reservoir will be 1.785 MAF (million acre-feet). This is still within the Below Normal range.
The result is that scheduled releases below Chili Bar will continue unchanged. See the Chili Bar release schedule for details.
This schedule will persist until the next (and final for the year) B120 bulletin comes out, around May 10. If we have significant precipitation between now and then, the situation could improve after April 10. Conversely, it could get worse. So be sure to "think rain/snow", and check back again around May 10.
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chris
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| Posted: May 8, 2013Post Subject: Chili Bar - Dry water year
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| The B120 report for May came out today, and it predicts that the "Unimpaired Runoff" above Folsom Reservoir will be 1.680 MAF (million acre-feet). This is at the top of the Dry range, though still within it. This is the final report for the year, and the Dry designation is expected to remain in effect until around February 10, 2014.
The current Chili Bar release schedule has been updated accordingly and is good as far as it goes. I'll update it with entries for the rest of the year and into early next year soon.
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chris
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| Updated the Chili Bar release schedule through February, 2014.
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