000 SRAK47 PAJK 212344 RVAAJK AKZ017>019-023-025>028-- RIVER SUMMARY AND FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 430 PM AKDT THU AUG 21 2008 SITES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE: NONE...THE RISE ON THE SALMON RIVER NEAR HYDER IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA RATHER THAN THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM THE SUMMIT GLACIER DAMMED LAKE ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | FORECAST TREND | | | 10 AM OBSERVED STAGES | OR STAGE FOR | | | |10PM 4AM 10AM 4PM|B-F FLD | |LOCATION LST WK -YDA -TODAY | THU FRI FRI FRI|STG STG | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |SITUK RIVER | | | | NEAR YAKUTAT 67.4 66.0 65.9 |65.8 65.8 65.8 65.7|72.5 73.0| | | | | |MONTANA CREEK AT | | | | BACK LP BRIDGE 11.4 10.8 10.8 |10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8|15.0 17.0| | | | | |MENDENHALL LAKE | | | | LAKE LEVEL 7.2 5.4 5.8 | 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.6| 9.0 9.5| | | | | |MENDENHALL RIVER AT | | | | BACK LP BRIDGE 10.1 8.2 8.4 | 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1|12.0 12.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- |OTHER SMALL RIVERS OBSERVED STAGES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS | | | | YESTERDAY TODAY |B-F FLD | | 4AM 10AM 4PM 10PM 4AM 10AM 4PM|STG STG | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |CHILKAT RIVER AT | | | KLUKWAN 16.8 16.9 16.8 16.8 17.3 17.3 - |22.0 22.0| | | | |SKAGWAY RIVER NEAR | | | SKAGWAY - 24.1 - - - 24.2 - |26.5 26.5| | | | |TAIYA RIVER NEAR | | | SKAGWAY 14.9 14.9 15.0 15.2 15.1 15.0 - |16.0 16.5| | | | |ANTLER RIVER NEAR | | | AUKE BAY 31.2 31.2 - |32.0 33.5| | | | |AUKE LAKE NEAR | | | JUNEAU - - - - - | | | | | |KADASHAN RIVER NEAR | | | TENAKEE SPRNGS - | | | | | |STARRIGAVAN CREEK NEAR | | | SITKA 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 - |18.0 | | | | |GUNNUK CREEK NEAR | | | KAKE - | | | | | |FALLS CREEK NEAR | | | PETERSBURG 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.1 18.1 18.1 - |22.0 24.0| | | | |EAST FORK HOBO CREEK NEAR | | | PETERSBURG 10.2 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.0 - | | | | | |UPPER EARL WEST CREEK NEAR | | | WRANGELL 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 - |11.5 12.0| | | | |STANEY CREEK NEAR | | | KLAWOCK 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 - | | | | | |FISH CREEK NEAR | | | KETCHIKAN 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 - | 3.9 4.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------- |OTHER LARGE RIVERS OBSERVED 10 AM STAGES OVER THE PAST WEEK | | THU | |LOCATION THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE YDA 08/21 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |ALSEK RIVER NEAR | | YAKUTAT 79.3 80.0 80.3 79.4 78.8 78.1 77.7 78.3 | | | |TAKU RIVER NEAR | | JUNEAU 36.6 36.9 36.0 35.8 37.0 41.6 38.3 35.4 | | | |STIKINE RIVER NEAR | | WRANGELL 20.6 20.3 19.2 19.3 21.0 21.2 19.2 18.4 | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...RIVER STAGES ARE IN FEET. RSG--RISING TENDENCY FLG--FALLING TENDENCY STDY--LITTLE CHANGE E--ESTIMATED B-F STG--BANKFULL STAGE FLD STG--FLOOD STAGE MSG--MISSING OR UNAVAILABLE DATA I--ICE AFFECTED STAGE FOR A DISCUSSION ON HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS CONCERNING THESE AREAS REFER TO PRODUCT ACRHMDAK. THE NEXT RIVER FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 430 PM FRI AUG 22. $$ RAR