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For the Racers:

River update: With all of the snow this past winter, the river will be high. The warm temperatures this past weekend increased snowmelt, and the river appears to be peaking. There will be some moderation as temperatures get back to normal this week. River forecasts are indicating that water levels will start dropping Thursday pm (and they did) through race weekend, but maybe only a foot or two. Here is a comparison between 2004 (remember the 60 foot log?) and last year (Thursday thru Sunday); then the reading from today, and then what bad (still not into the parking lot) really is:

Date Gage Height, Feet Discharge, CFS Temp, Celsius Max Temp, Celsius Min Temp, Celsius Mean Stream Velocity, ft/sec
5/27/2004 55.98 15,000 16.6 15.7 16.1 1.23
5/28/2004 56.25 15,900 15.9 15.0 15.4 1.29
5/29/2004 57.55 21,400 15.4 13.6 14.4 1.63
5/30/2004 59.65 29,500 13.6 12.5 12.9 2.06
 
5/24/2007 56.22 16,000 16.1 14.1 14.7 1.46
5/25/2007 56.17 16,000 16.6 15.4 15.9 1.46
5/26/2007 56.21 16,100 16.9 15.8 16.4 1.47
5/27/2007 56.09 15,500 16.9 15.3 15.9 1.42

 

5/23/2008

 

64.07

  

46,600

 

9.7

 

9.7

 

9.7

 

3.10

 

Truly Gnarly

 

76.31

 

109,000

        

 

As far as weather, best case forecast is showing partly sunny and low-70s weekend; worst case is showing partly cloudy and showers with mid-60s. This is springtime in Oregon, so forecasts ain't worth much.

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