evaporation
Lake Tahoe reaches its peak; heat wave to hit South Shore
Submitted by paula on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 9:37pm
Lake Tahoe's water level has likely peaked, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno.
With most of the snow around the Tahoe Basin melted, water outflow due to evaporation into the air is now greater than the inflow into the lake. The lake peaked at just over 6,224 feet about a week ago.
The forecast will only help the evaporation rate. An average of 1,400,000 tons of water evaporates from the surface of Lake Tahoe every 24 hours, 360,000 acre feet a year. T
From the NWS:
Wednesday - Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Lake Tahoe expected to rise another 1.2 feet this summer
Submitted by paula on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 2:52pm
When Lake Tahoe reached its natural rim on April 9, it was the first time in 300 days that it had done so. Water supply forecasters now expect the lake to rise another 1.2 feet this summer (0.8 feet on the low end to almost 1.9 feet on the high end).
Water supply forecasts are made by the US National Weather Service California Nevada River Forecast Center Forecast Center in coordination with the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Hard Rock water leak less than first reported
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:27pm
As reported on South Tahoe Now Friday, the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe shut down their pool due to a large leak which was releasing chlorinated water into the soil.
The initial leak had been discovered on Thursday, and the pool and pump were shut down until it could be determined where the problem was located.
2015 State of the Lake report released: A bluer lake is from reduced algae
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/23/2015 - 9:23pm
Scientists have determined that Lake Tahoe’s iconic blueness is most strongly related to algae, not clarity. In a report released today from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, researchers found the lower the algal concentration, the bluer the lake.
In the “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2015” report, research shows clarity is controlled by sediment. Blueness is controlled by algal concentration, which in turn is driven by the level of nutrients available to the algae.
Drought claims Nevada's Washoe Lake
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/14/2015 - 1:04pm
Washoe Lake is dry.
With almost all of the 11 streams feeding the lake between Reno and Carson City reduced to a trickle over the past five years, evaporation has officially claimed the last of Washoe’s waters.
Jennifer Ramella of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Little Washoe at the main lake’s north end still has a bit of water in it but that too is fading.
Mixed Forecast for the Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 10:12am
If you like cold, you'll be happy with the forecast. If you like mild, you'll be happy with the forecast. If you like snow, you'll be happy with the extended forecast.
According to accuweather.com, highs in the Lake Tahoe basin will reach 49 today, with a forecasted low of 22 degrees. Halloween will be sunny and 56, but with lows at 22 make sure you bundle up for trick or treating!
Wednesday: Hi 48 Lo 22 Sunny
Thursday: Hi 56 Lo 22 Sunny
Friday: Hi 59 Lo 30 Sunny
Saturday: Hi 60 Lo 27 Sunny
Sunday: Hi 48 Lo 22 Sunny
Monday: Hi 45 Lo 20 Partly Sunny
Lake Tahoe's snowmelt rise might level off soon and begin evaporating
Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:54pmAfter experiencing its sixth most impressive rise in more than a century, a brimming Lake Tahoe is leveling off.
Soon, maybe today and for sure within a week, Tahoe will begin a slow but steady drop as evaporation rates exceed inflow from the Tahoe Basin's streams.
