10/14/2024
WT Staff
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October 14, 2024 1018 am EDT
Columbus Day rain refreshing the watersheds
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges
New York City sunny and breezy Columbus Day, while the west interior will continue to receive rain and a high of 43. Showers over the weekend have lifted the water levels through the west, above normal flows with a much above normal flow and a record high for this date in Allan Creek at Rochester. Mohawk and Upper Hudson River watersheds have recovered to normal streamflow levels, the lower Hudson watershed is turning around however there are still considerable stations running below normal water levels.
Central St Lawrence River watershed has jumped up to severe drought in the area of Oswegatchie River and tributaries. Lake Ontario minor tributaries west remains in severe hydrologic drought mode impacting Niagara, Orleans and west Monroe Counties The band of below normal rated area down the west side of the state is shrinking, parts of the Niagara River - Lake Erie watershed through Erie County remain on the drought map along with Allegheny River watershed, still below normal. Interior Genesee River, Finger Lakes and south Chemung River watersheds are unrated again today, the below normal rating sticking at Susquehanna and Ramapo River watersheds still rated below normal. In the northeast, Black River watershed remains below normal while the Mohawk River watershed is relieved, unrated today. Upper Hudson River watershed remains below normal, Lake Champlain watershed has escalated to moderate drought. Lower Hudson River remains below normal. As of this report, there are no extreme high or low flows recorded in the network.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS) and NYS DEC
New York
HAB reports are steadily diminishing, down to 104 today from 113 on the dashboard yesterday. Reports made in the last half of September have been retired to the archives, allowing us to focus on the reports confirmed within the first half of October. Updates are in progress, our latest impacted water body list is available here.
The latest satellite image of Lake Champlain was captured Oct 12, a clear image of the islands, shorelines and open water with no HAB activity visible. Vermont's Lake Carmi is cloud obscured in this image, the prior image Oct 11 showed a widespread HAB at 600 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
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