The inflows should taper over the course of the day if the weather clears. They’ve had something on the order of 2-3 inches of rain over the last 2 days. Once the bulk of that comes downstream to the reservoir, inflows will back off.
Unfortunately, the spillway will still need to be used a couple of times more. Maybe even 3, but you didn’t hear that from me. There is a LOT of snow up in those mountains that will be trickling down over the next couple of months.
I hope that they get a chance to harden the area at the mouth of the surviving spillway into the plunge pool. That step alone would allow them to taper flows down below 40,000 without major erosion.
yes....they only say the spillway will have to be used 1 or 2 more times more likely 2 or 3....they can only drop the lake to around 830-835ish using the spillway...
2 inches of rain fell at the dam last storm while 3-5 fell in the basin in the mountains..some of that snow which could have replenished what snow has melted so far
after perhaps 1/4- 1/3 inch in the basin today...looks like a very weak system monday morning and a little stronger one tues-weds
I may soon get to eat those words. :/