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Water Level Management Update – Sunday, April 21, 2019
Weather
The five day weather forecast is predicting from 10-15 mm of precipitation. Air temperatures remain around double digits in Haliburtons and positive overnight.
Outlook
With the ongoing snowmelt and significant received and forecasted amount of rain, coupled with warm temperatures, flows and water levels have increased and will continue to increase at all locations as the impacts of the rain and melting snow work their way through the system.
The Trent-Severn Water Management team will be actively monitoring the changing conditions. Any watershed condition updates will be released by your Conservation Authority or local Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources district.
Haliburton and Northern Areas
With the onset of the snowmelt and significant rain amounts, water levels and flows are rising rapidly in northern areas. Snow amounts are still remaining above average for this time of the year in the most northern areas of the Gull River system. Most lake levels on the Gull River and Burnt River systems remain below average but are rising due to the melt, accelerated with the warm temperatures and ongoing rainfall. Most Central Lakes are above average and are rising. Lake levels are monitored on a 24 hour basis and operational activities are currently conducted and based on the current watershed conditions, lake levels, estimated runoff amounts, snow pack conditions and forecasted rainfall. The flows on Gull River and Burnt River are very high, increasing with high runoff from the precipitation already received and expected to increase.