Dry conditions continue, and little rain is in the forecast over the next 7 days.
Recent basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC) gridded multisensor precipitation estimates)
Yesterday's area-weighted average basin precip: 0 (inches)
Past 3-day cumulative area-weighted average basin precip: 0.04531 (inches)
Past 7-day cumulative area-weighted average basin precip: 1.08125 (inches)
Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 2019-10-11: 1344 MGD (2080 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 2019-10-12: 1280 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (1980 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 2019-10-11: 1396 MGD (2160 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 2019-10-12: 1487 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (2300 cfs)
Yesterday's Net Potomac withdrawal (2019-10-11):
FW Corbalis withdrawal (Potomac): 119 MGD
WSSC Potomac withdrawal: 175 MGD
Aqueduct withdrawal: 151 MGD
Loudoun withdrawal: 10 MGD
Total Potomac withdrawal: 454 MGD