000 FGUS72 KGSP 061557 CCA ESFGSP GAC105-147-119-257-137-241-NCC075-173-113-099-087-175- 115-021-089-149-161-111-199-121-011-023-045-071-109- 035-003-097-119-097-179-025-159-059-SCC001-047-007- 073-077-045-059-083-087-023-021-091-132156- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1056 AM EST FRI MAR 06 2009 ...WINTER/SPRING FLOOD OUTLOOK FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... PRECIPITATION AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS A STRONG WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER THE PAST WEEKEND. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF A SLOW STEADY RAIN AT FIRST WHICH CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS WERE NOTED HOWEVER LONG TERM RAIN DEFICITS REMAINED. --------------------------------------------------------------------* SOIL/CROP MOISTURE CONDITIONS THE CROP MOISTURE INDEX WAS MAINLY IN THE WET CATEGORY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. --------------------------------------------------------------------* RESERVOIR AND STREAM LEVELS ...CURRENT STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS ENDING MARCH 6... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...OF THE 41 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES...5 SITES WERE LESS THAN 10 PERCENTILE CLASS. 9 SITES WERE IN THE 10 TO 24 PERCENTILE CLASS. 27 SITES WERE IN THE 25 TO 75 PERCENTILE CLASS OR HIGHER. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...OF THE 12 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES... 1SITE WAS IN THE 10 TO 24 PERCENTILE RANGE. 10 SITES WERE INDICATING 25 TO 75 PERCENTILE RANGE. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OF THE 3 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES...1 SITE WERE IN THE 25 TO 75 PERCENTILE CLASS. 2 WERE IN THE 10 TO 24 PERCENTILE CLASS. ...LAKE LEVELS... LAKE HARTWELL IS CURRENTLY 10.83 FT BELOW THE AVERAGE LEVEL AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. MOST OF THE LAKES ON THE CATAWBA RIVER WERE AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL LAKE LEVELS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. LAKE LEVELS IN THE NANTAHALA LAKE AREAS WERE 1 TO 2 FT BELOW NORMAL LEVELS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. --------------------------------------------------------------------* SNOWMELT THERE WERE STILL A FEW AREAS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. WHILE ELSEWHERE THIS WEEKENDS SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY MELTED. RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT HAS HAD LITTLE IF ANY EFFECT ON THE LOCAL RIVERS AS MOST OF THE RIVERS WERE NEAR RECORD LOW LEVELS. --------------------------------------------------------------------* PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK 6 TO 10 DAY FORECAST...MAR 10 TO MAR 14, 2009 INDICATES ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NEAR NORMAL THE REST OF THE AREA. 30 DAY OUTLOOK...MARCH INDICATES NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. 90 DAY OUTLOOK...MARCH THROUGH MAY... INDICATES BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. --------------------------------------------------------------------* WINTER/SPRING FLOOD OUTLOOK BASED ON EXISTING HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS...FORECAST TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION PATTERNS AND WET TOP SOIL...A NORMAL FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- THE NEXT WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 12 2009. $$