~~~Happy Paddling~~~
Stan Kayaker
Kayak Season is_HERE!!!
Oregon River Stages
About half of the following river stages were taken by The National
Weather Service, and made available by the Oregon Climate Service. The
others were taken
and made available by the USGS. Ideally this table is updated around
9:30 (PDT) each morning.
River Location Latest Stage Change
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Alsea Tidewater 15.7 -0.4
Applegate Wilderville 10.2 0.0
Applegate Applegate 8.9 0.0
Bear Creek Bear Creek 9.2 0.0
Bear Creek Wallowa 3.1 0.6
Blue Tidbits Creek 7.1 0.0
Clackamas Estacada 11.5 -0.7
Columbia Vancouver 21.6 3.8
Columbia Quincy 11.1 0.7
Cow Creek (West F Glendale 0.0 0.0
Deschutes Madras 4.8 0.1
Deschutes Moody 8.1 0.5
Grande Ronde Troy 9.9 0.6
Hood Tucker 11.0 1.6
Illinois Kerby 28.8 4.2
Imnaha Imnaha 3.3 -2.2
Johnson Creek Milwaukee 28.0 0.0
John Day Service Creek 15.8 1.0
Lostine Lostine 4.1 1.5
McKenzie Vida 6.7 0.0
North Santiam Mehama 8.1 0.4
Nehalem Foss 17.6 0.0
Nestucca Beaver 9.8 -0.2
Rogue Grants Pass 13.8 0.0
Rogue Raygold 11.3 -1.5
Rogue Agness 18.7 0.0
South Umpqua Tiller 18.3 4.2
South Umpqua Riddle 20.3 3.6
South Yamhill Mcminville 54.2 1.2
Sandy Sandy 15.7 0.3
Sandy Bull Run 13.7 0.0
Santiam Jefferson 14.4 -0.1
Shitke Creek Warm Springs 2.9 0.0
Siletz Siletz 10.6 -2.5
Siuslaw Mapleton 0.0 0.0
Trask Cedar Creek 13.9 -0.2
Tualatin Dilley 17.6 0.0
Tualatin West Linn 13.3 0.0
Umpqua Winchester 14.4 -0.1
Umpqua Elkton 25.0 2.2
Wallowa Cross Country Creek 3.3 0.5
Warm Springs Kahneeta 8.3 0.9
White Salmon Underwood 9.5 1.2
Willamette Eugene 19.1 0.4
Willamette Harrisburg 12.8 -0.6
Willamette Corvallis 21.2 -0.2
Willamette Albany 27.2 0.8
Willamette Salem 29.2 0.9
Willamette Oregon City (Upper) 16.4 0.5
Willamette Oregon City (Lower) 37.0 3.2
Willamette Portland 21.5 4.9
Williamson Sprague River 5.4 0.0
Wilson Tillamook 10.8 -0.8
Oregon River Forecast
Western Oregon...slight rises to western oregon streams and tributaries
today through friday. willamette north of salem will continue to rise.
numerous rivers in Western Oregon will remain above flood stage. see
latest flood bulletin.
Eastern Oregon...warmer temperatures and snow melt will keep rivers
streams high with small stream flood warnings/advisories in effect.
FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 PM PST THU DEC 28 1995
...FLOOD POTENTIAL DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN OREGON...
TODAYS SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW A SERIES OF VERY WET WEATHER SYSTEMS
OVER THE PACIFIC PARADING EAST TOWARD THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A STRONG
WESTERLY JETSTREAM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN EXTENDS INLAND OVER
CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS JETSTREAM WILL LIFT NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
BRINGING THE MAIN STORM TRACK ACROSS OREGON. SURGES OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OREGON. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
MUCH MILDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER OREGON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE
JETSTREAM LIFTS NORTH AND LIFTING FREEZING LEVELS WILL COMBINE WITH
RAIN TO MELT A LARGE PORTION OF THE SNOWPACK THAT IS NOW ACCUMULATING
IN THE CASCADES. THIS WILL INCREASE RUNOFF INTO WESTERN OREGON
STREAMS.
INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME STREAMS ACROSS WESTERN OREGON MAY EXCEED
BANKFULL TONIGHT AND REACH FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY.
SMALLER CREEKS IN WESTERN OREGON WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FROM HEAVY RUNOFF DUE TO SNOWMELT
AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS WEATHER SYSTEMS SURGE INLAND.
IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING...NOW IS THE TIME TO
PREPARE FOR THIS POTENTIAL. KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND
RIVER LEVEL FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
NEWS SOURCES.
~~~Happy Paddling~~~
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Stan (qajaq)
ins...@orednet.org
http://www.orednet.org/~inside
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