RMA Poudre Rock Report

Pine View 1.8 at 0700

May 20, 2011 By frenchy

Currently 36.9F, sunny and breezy.

Filter Plant Warning – there is a significant strainer and/or impalement object in Mad Dog, river right, pointing upstream.

Wx for Poudre Park:

Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. West southwest wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind between 9 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Pine View 1.99 at 0700

May 18, 2011 By frenchy

Kissing the bottom of the bar. Currently 43.5F and drizzling. Lots of new debris getting caught in strange places. Be sure to scout the Riv on your way up.

Wx for Poudre Park:

Today: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 57. South southwest wind at 10 mph becoming east southeast. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 40. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Historic river peaks

May 17, 2011 By frenchy

Check out the historic river peaks back to 1882… there’s been some monsters … like 25,000 CFS in 1904 (click on the plot to see full size). There are 10 peaks on record larger than ’83…

– Reposted from Frenchy’s Poudre Rock Report FB post

Peak Discharges from the Cache la Poudre 1982 to Present

Currently 45.2F, overcast and calm. The sun looks like it wants to burn through the clouds, but we’ll see. Wx for Poudre Park: Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Bigger and better than ever before…

May 16, 2011 By frenchy

What was suspiciously looking like a huge runoff in the making is becoming more of a certainty. We continue to grow the snowpack water content on Cameron Pass to historic highs, and we’re looking at yet another big weather week starting Wednesday. Things should stay cool… pushing the runoff closer and closer to the summer heat and the potential for a super high peak. Better go rinse off those dancing shoes…