Rain Rain Rain rain rain

[E_]

WHEW, if all the rain was not enought it looks like from tonight thru Thrusday night another couple inches will fall in the Lake region...

Current Forecast From LEX 18's Storm Tracker Weather Team
Wednesday -A Flood Watch is up for eastern and southeastern Kentucky into tonight. We'll see more rain today and it may be heavy at times. A few thunderstorms may also occur as our highs get into the upper 60's.

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http://www.lakeinfo.tva.gov/htbin/lakei ... taType=All
Observed
Date/Time
(Central) Upstream Elevation

(feet above mean sea level)
Downstream Elevation

(feet above mean sea level)
Average Hourly*
Discharge

(cubic feet per second)

5/5/2009
11am 688.89 566.69 31,580
noon 688.95 566.65 31,320
1pm 689.09 566.69 31,320
2pm 689.23 566.63 33,360
3pm 689.25 566.65 33,360
4pm 689.28 566.68 33,360
5pm 689.34 566.64 33,360
6pm 689.39 566.69 33,360
* discharge reported at end of hour

[FasterThanYou]

It's gotta stop sometime....................doesn't it?

It finally cleared up and dried off enough that I was able to get the lawn tractor out. If not, I would have had grass a foot high by Sunday.

[E_]

Oh it will stop, here in a few weeks and then not rain again until late fall.

[Pac22]

Oh it will stop, here in a few weeks and then not rain again until late fall.

I hope you are right. It's looking like the debris is going to be bad for the race.

[E_]

Hope I'm not totally right, droughts suck

[TheOneAndOnlyROOSTER]

I'm really worried about the lake conditions for the OSS races...

[re3too]

I think anyone who isn't worried about debris for the race is in denial. Experience says that once the debris is there, it takes quite a while for it to go away. And the wind on the lake is so unpredictable that it's hard to tell where it will be at any given time. In pre dam repair days, I can remember runnin' the lake absolutely clear and suddenly hit a mine field. Only time will tell....

[E_]

yep

[Pac22]

I think anyone who isn't worried about debris for the race is in denial. Experience says that once the debris is there, it takes quite a while for it to go away. And the wind on the lake is so unpredictable that it's hard to tell where it will be at any given time. In pre dam repair days, I can remember runnin' the lake absolutely clear and suddenly hit a mine field. Only time will tell....

I can't believe I'm agreeing with you. DAMMIT.

But yes, I was on a boat ride with bubbles a couple of yrs ago. The lake was clear, so we thought. We hit something under the water and poof the outdrive was completely gone, and we started to sink. That was a day I'll never forget.

[DMS]

Oh it will stop, here in a few weeks and then not rain again until late fall.

Thank you God for the rain! Spent a few hundred $$$ on Urea last week. Hay is nearly waist deep, mators and taters are wooping arse. Got to get it when we can.

[E_]

I just wonder what it looks like down at the Rock House or how high it got thru all this.

[KYCanuck]

Hello out there, I have been hiding for a while!!!!

The lake is up to 697+ feet and it is a REAL mess down around Burnside Marina. It is a lovely chocolate brown color and it looked like you could almost walk across the lake on Sunday from the mouth of the South Fork!

I don't know what it's like at the West end of the lake but I think it is going to take more than a week to clear at the East end.

On the bright side the boat has been in the water and on the Hoist for two weeks now and ready to roll!

[E_]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!! lol


Anyway next time bring us some pics back when things are a bit abnormal. Always neat to see current updates on what is going on.

[KYCanuck]

I have been busy.....working.... or something like that!

As usual, there I was without a camera.