Feb. 18 update: How full are Northern California reservoirs and rivers?

The Sacramento Bee ^ | February 18th, 2107 | Sacramento Bee Staff

[Mariner]

These three graphs show key California reservoir conditions and river stages for the upper and lower Sacramento Valley for Saturday, February 18, 2017. The images are from the California Department of Water Resources’ Data Exchange Center and the National Weather Service.

Want to compare to yesterday? See reservoir and river levels for February 17, 2017. For February 16, 2017.

RESERVOIR CONDITIONS

ENDING MIDNIGHT, FEBRUARY 17, 2017

[ichabod1]

But they said they needed rain.

[LouAvul]

Probably not so much “full” as “loaded.”

[DPMD]

The intellectual and moral drought in Sacramento continues in full force.

[HerrBlucher]

The Elkhorn Marina along the sacto river about 1 pm today.

[terycarl]

I prayed for California to get some rain....see how powerful my prayer was???!!!!!

[Peter ODonnell]

Just an update on my earlier forecast for the flood-prone regions of north-central California ... it continues to look like a heavy rainfall event starting Sunday evening and lasting through to Tuesday mid-day. The latest guidance suggests potential for 4-8 inches of rain in most of central California and 8-15 inches in higher terrain with the snow line retreating to about 8,000 ft at the height of the rainstorm. This will no doubt place serious strain on the Oroville spillway situation and I think this will be the make or break period. The storm is currently forming up about 500 miles west of Eureka CA but there are prior waves of moisture that will begin to create a steady rainfall in northern CA Sunday, this will not be too heavy until late in the day when the main energy arrives. Unfortunately the strongest energy is directed right towards the Sacramento and Oroville area.