One should pay attention to the Upper Kern drainage storm activity in case things could get murky with flash flooding. Isolated thunderstorms locally have created some gully washers. We'll keep monitoring.Ī dramatic cooling trend for August is going to show soon (Sunday) and monsoonal thunderstorms are predicted for both the Sequoia National Forest and the San Joaquin Valley. It looks like the model we use to predict when flows drop below 1,000 cfs above Fairview Dam is fairly accurate again. It may take until September to see flows below 400 cfs on low flow section 5 if power generation occurs. Flows are coming down slowly as those historic snow packs above 12,000' are still running off. Until we see flows below 400 cfs on Section 5 ( currently near 1,000 cfs - gold line) few of us will try wading. The flows reported at Fairveiw Dam has been our best data to decide when we plan to wade the Upper Kern here because it shows flows on the low flow section. It turns out the flow gauge in Kernville was inaccurate and finally recently calibrated (our friends at the Kern River Boaters noticed this some time ago). Flows on our favorite namesake river continue to be more elevated than we want to wade.
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