11/11/2024
WT Staff
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November 11, 2024 1221 pm EST
Streamflows coming back to normal range, drought easing
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS monitoring sites in the rivers and creeks of Ohio
Mostly sunny Veterans' Day with a high 56 in the Cleveland area with streamflows recovered from much below seasonal normal back to normal and below normal range over the weekend. Two watersheds in the central east and southeast remain in severe drought, the Ohio River minor tributary Shade River and Little Muskingum River watershed are still rated severe drought coming out of the weekend. Adjacent surface area in the Muskingum River basin has recovered from severe to moderate drought in Muskingum River and Hocking River watersheds. Ohio River minor tributary Raccoon-Symmes River watershed bordering Shade River is in moderate drought Monday. Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek is rated with moderate drought. In the Lake Erie basin north of the drainage divide, Grand River watershed has stepped down from severe drought to moderate drought. The surface area of Lake Erie basin is rated below normal, a large portion of the Ohio River basin in the west is clear of the drought map, Great Miami River basin and Scioto River basin are unrated on the drought map.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS)
The latest upload from NCCOS was captured Nov 9 at surface wind speed 20.4 mph. The image is mostly cloud obscured with no HAB evident. High wind speed causes the HAB mats to become submerged out of view of imaging equipment. We cannot make a reliable assessment of the HAB extent at this wind speed.
See the latest NCCOS image, here.
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