it all depends on the weather
last year at this time the lake was 780 feet and it topped off at 890...
its 851 right now with record snowpack upstream
they better hope for a dry cool spring
In my opinion the best the power plant can do at 14,000cfs is keep the lake at its current level with out anymore rain and a long cool spring and summer
its obvious they are going to have to use the main spillway again the question is when
the dry spell is over... no precipitation the last 12 days,,and inflow is still 10K without snowmelt
...I don’t see any huge storms more like moderate/typical storms every so often the next 10-14 days starting ...well right now
I’m concerned about the stability of the upper spillway. The photo in 2175 shows water springing from beneath the slabs upstream from the blow out. While back erosion from the blow out seems to have stabilized, new problems are appearing upstream from there. If the spillway begins to break apart near these springs it will have to be shut down PDQ. It takes time to shut down, which will be a constraint on how much flow they can risk (too long a shut down period could be a big prob.). I hope there is a slow snow melt.
Yikes!