cbrf june 16 forecast webinar please mute your phones: *6
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CBRF June 16 Forecast Webinar Please Mute Your Phones: *6. 1pm, June 16, 2011 Kevin Werner. These slides: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/present/present.php. Outline. Recent and Upcoming Weather Review Snow States Streamflow forecasts: Long Lead Peak Daily Water Supply. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CBRF June 16 Forecast Webinar
Please Mute Your Phones: *6
1pm, June 16, 2011
Kevin Werner
These slides: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/present/present.php
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Outline
• Recent and Upcoming Weather Review
• Snow States• Streamflow
forecasts:– Long Lead Peak– Daily– Water Supply
Web Reference: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/wsup/pub2/map/html/cbrfc.1.2011.html
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov
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June 1-15 Precipitation
Web Reference: http://water.weather.gov/precip
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Temperature
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/gmap/gmapm.php?scon=checked
Snow
June 9June 16
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June 2 June 9 June 16
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120 sites showing highest value for today!!
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229 sites with 10+ years of record; 127/229 or 55% of sites with daily record as of 5/31
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% average daily% average seasonal peak
Melt or accumulation rate
Historical years
Analogue years
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow: Upper Green Basin (above Flaming Gorge)
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Yampa
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Colorado Mainstem (above Cameo)
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Gunnison Basin
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:San Juan Basin
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Bear River Basin
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Weber River Basin
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Duchesne River Basin
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Web Reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/station/sweplot/sweplot.cgi???open
Snow:Six Creeks in Salt Lake County
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Snow Maps
Web Reference: http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov
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Weather Forecast
Low Pressure moves in today through weekend bringing cooler temperature
Warming by middle of next week
<- Today (Thursday)
Sunday PM
Wednesday PM
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Forecast Precipitation
Web Reference: www.hpc.noaa.gov
• Showery weather pattern associated with low pressures
• Drier next week
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Forecast Temperature
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La Nina
Web Reference: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov and iri.columbia.edu/climate/ENSO
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Soil
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Peak Flow ForecastsLong Lead Peak Flow Forecasts• Snowmelt Mean Daily
Maximum Flow (April-July)
• Probabilistic Forecasts Exceedence Probabilities -10%,25%,50%, 75%, 90%
• Issued (at least) monthly from March-June (this year weekly starting April 19)
• ~60 forecast points – some unregulated, some regulated
29
Daily Forecasts• Full Hydrograph out 14 days
• Includes temperature (10 days) and precipitation (5 days) forecast
• Includes any knowledge of future regulation (e.g. reservoir release)
• Single value forecast• Issued daily by 10am MDT and
updated throughout day• ~450 forecast points
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Spring Weather Really Matters(and has mitigated high flows this year)
• Runoff characteristics are largely determined by the day-to-day spring weather. – While large snow pack years increase chances for
flooding, it is not an inevitability– Small snow pack years (like last year) can flood
with the right sequence of spring temperatures
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CBRFC Website Mini Tutorial
• Current website– Extensive in scope– Slower,
cumbersome
www.cbrfc.noaa.gov
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CBRFC Website Mini Tutorial
• “Beta” website– Faster– Easier access to key
information– Actively being developed
www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/gmap/cmap.php
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Peak Flow Charts
web reference: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/gmap/cmap.php
Long lead peak forecast
Observed streamflow since April 1
Daily forecast
Flood Stage
Bankfull
Forecast Creation Time
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Current Forecasts
May 24 Forecasts June 16 daily Forecasts
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Experimental:Peak Flow Forecast Evolution
Web reference: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/devel/dly_peak/
• Daily long lead peak forecasts from ESP reflect changing weather forecasts and hydrology.
• Started in late May and comparing to official forecasts
• Little Cottonwood Creek (top)• Yamap near Deerlodge (bottom)
• Comments welcome
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Snowpack (and elevation)
really matter
Ensemble forecasts for:
• Yampa River• Middle elevation• Significant melt
already occurred• Little Cottonwood Creek
• Higher elevation• Most melt forthcoming
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Experimental Daily Ensembles
Ensemble forecasts that incorporate weather forecasts are run daily for Upper Colorado Basin forecast points
Prototype web tool available
Does NOT work correctly downstream of reservoirs yet
NOT available for the Great Basin yet
URL: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/devel/hefs
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NWS Flood Warnings, Watches• NWS Weather Offices are responsible
for setting flood stage and issuing flood warnings and watches based on CBRFC forecasts. Key personnel for snow melt floods:
– Salt Lake City – Brian McInerney– Grand Junction – Aldis Strautins– Riverton – Jim Fahey– Boulder – Treste Huse
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Peak Flow Decision Support• Peaks are coming soon!!• Long lead peak forecasts will no longer be updated this year because most
rivers are peaking within the 14-day daily forecast window• Daily forecasts posted by ~10am MDT each (and updated later during the
day). When temperatures are forecast to warm, please check here for the latest peak flow forecasts.
• “beta” website developments:– SNOTEL percentiles– Simplified peak flow chart– Publication referencing forecasts above historic peaks– New peak flow forecast points added
• Webinars: Weekly until peak flows are passed. Thursday, June 16 at 1pm• Discussion:
– Anything else you need??
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CBRFC Blog
Blog.citizen.apps.gov/cbrfc
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CBRFC Contacts• Basin Focal Points (Available to discuss
forecasts: 801.524.5130)– Upper Colorado: Brenda Alcorn– Green: Ashley Nielson– San Juan / Gunnison: Tracy Cox– Great Basin: Brent Bernard– Lower Colorado (below Lake Powell): Greg
Smith
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Kevin Werner
CBRFC Service Coordination HydrologistPhone: 801.524.5130
Email: [email protected]
Feedback, Questions, Concerns always welcome….