Over the past 24 hours, the basin received between 0.10 and 3.0 inches of rain. The heaviest rain in the region fell outside of the basin to the south and north east. MARFC's 48-hour forecast shows a chance of a 0.25 of an inch of rain across most of the basin. The 5-day forecast shows that the basin could receive between 0.5 and 1.00 inch of rain.
Point of Rocks flow is currently above the 2,000 cfs threshold. We will track flows and the weather forecast to see if this is sustainable. Daily monitoring remains active.
Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 08/14: 1250 MGD (1930 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 08/15: 1310 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (2030 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 08/14: 1220 MGD (1880 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 08/15: 1490 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (2300 cfs)
Net Potomac Production (08/14/11):
FW Corbalis raw water withdrawal (Potomac): 92 MGD
WSSC Potomac Production: 113 MGD
Aqueduct withdrawal: 145 MGD
Total Potomac demand: 350 MGD