so i was curious to see how long, at the current inflow/outflow rates, it would really take to fill some of the lakes in Nor Cal. i calculated the following: <BR> <BR>Folsom: 101.5 days <BR>Shasta: 165 days <BR>Oroville: 210 days <BR> <BR>this was based on one acre foot being: <BR>288' x 288' x 1'= 82,944 cu/ft <BR>and the lakes having a net positve inflow today of (based on sacramento bee's water storage data): <BR> <BR>folsom: ~5,200 CFS <BR>Shasta: ~15,000 CFS <BR>Oroville: ~9,950 CFS <BR> <BR>so...for folsom...82,994 CF x 550,089 AF below capacity (977,000 AF full - 426,911 AF current storage)= 45,654,086,466 CF / 5,200 CFS / 60 sec / 60 min / 24 hours = 101.62 days <BR> <BR>CF: Cubic Feet <BR>AF: Acre feet <BR>CFS: Cubis feet per second <BR> <BR>I think i did the math right, but let me know if i didnt. <BR> <BR>Either way...we need more rain.

can you tell im a little bored?

Yes.

Did you account for water being drained from the lake?<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0> <BR> <BR>yes, you are bored.

it was just reported on the news (ch3 sac) that shasta is up 36ft, oroville up 48ft and folsom up 27ft. good news i guess?? i think so....

the slips open on saturday for folsom

If a train leaves Detroit traveling at 50 MPH and another train leaves Boston...

A much simple way to do that is 1 cfs for 24 hours would fill 2 AF. It is not an exact conversion, but close enough. If you look at Folsom's data from yesterday... <BR><a href="http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?FOL" target="_blank">http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?FOL</a> <BR> <BR>Inflow: 5733 cfs*2= 11466 AF <BR>Outflow: 527 cfs*2= 1054 AF <BR>11466-1054= 10,412 AF <BR>Very close to the 10,293 AF it actually gained. <BR> <BR>So if Folsom gained on average 10,000 AF/day it would take 54 days by my calculations. Of course I could be wrong, and it won't likely average 10000 AF/day. <BR>And yes I am as bored as you are <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>