Upper Mississippi Snow Melt

[Stray Cat]

How much snow do you guys have left in the St Croix river basin and upstream to MPLS? I have heard flood predictions of 21 ft in our pool...flood stage for Pool 10 is 15 ft.

The website I watch for water levels doesn't show any hint of flooding. Which makes me think your snow melt hasn't even started.

http://water.weather.gov//ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=arx&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6

 

[Big Island Lifer]

I still have a full yard of snow. It's gonna be a while before you start to see any significant melting.




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[Northern Lights]

Here is the projection for the Guttenburg gauge.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/peri...&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6

 

[WIPlayDate]

They are talking a 30% chance of 18 ft here in La Crosse which would be a record :smt089 and an 82% chance of 15.5 feet (major flooding). She's gonna be a wet one. On the positive side, :huh:, it's going to be 60 in a couple of days and we virtually have no snow left.

"The record crest in La Crosse was 17.9 feet on April 22 1965, followed by 16.41 feet on April 18, 2001."

 

[390x]

In the Quad Cities, they're saying it could hit 25 feet. 22' is the highest it's ever gotten, and that was a serious problem, 25' is build an Ark time.

 

[GrimmSpeed]

snow has been melting like crazy the last few days. Looks like we have some rain in the forecast too so that won't help.

 

[Northern Lights]

We were planning a cruise up to Muscatine in May now we will hold off on reserving a slip till I have a better idea what the river has in store. I would be happy if it stayed normal after the spring rise and there are still some sandbars around to party on, they were under water last year. High water & high diesel will mean more short trips to local areas to anchor out and enjoy the river as much as possible.

 

[390x]

They're claiming in the Quad Cities (close enough to Muscatine) area the the flood will be mid-April to mid-May, which means they don't really know when/if it is coming. You might be cutting it close in May.

 

[Northern Lights]

They're claiming in the Quad Cities (close enough to Muscatine) area the the flood will be mid-April to mid-May, which means they don't really know when/if it is coming. You might be cutting it close in May.

We were planning on being there the 13th for the Keels & Wheels event, we would leave our marina on the 10th or 11th. Just have to wait and see what happens, might luck out but I wouldn't bet on it.