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SeaDog1
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 Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject: Need Rain !!!!!! |
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Hi,
Went up to Massachusetts today to the Huntington General Store + a gas fill-up at $3.71/9 -> Lot cheaper then Ct.
Came back via Rt. 20 west to Rt. 8 south.
Was amazed to see how low the Deerfield River is + streams feeding it.
Lots of gravel/sand bars exposed which you would not see normally this time of year.
2 of the bait and tackle shops I passed, had signs out saying the river is stocked.
Once on Rt. 8 south I saw how really low the Farmington River (Northern portion north of Colebrook Res.) was.
Looked more like late summer type flow.
Took a side trip to see what Otis Res. looked like.
Not Good! ...Many fixed docks still sitting 9-10 ft. dry above the water and lots of rocks still showing above the water.
We need some serious spring rains to get back as close as possible to normal.
Oh! My suspicions were correct. MDC did reduce the water flow out of the Hogback Res. -> Was told that they are worried about the lack of rain and reduced the output in case of an extended dry spring.
No ice this year and now not enough water! Not Good ...Not Good!
Hope this isn't the begining sign of a drought!
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Lower FFLD County was in a Red Flag Warning today! Also still in a Hazardous Weather Outlook involving the lack of rain.
As I have said, I'm hoping not a repeat of 2010. Hot a dry with many rivers below normal. Trout in Candlewood and many other lakes and pike on the CTR that year were found dead on the surface. Bluefish even made it all the way to the Gulf of Maine that summer! |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Michael.
Other than personal observation -> I find the USGS stream reports very informative as you can see by their graphs the trends over a long peroid of time.
Right now they don't look good -> keep going down!
Just type in Google (USGS stream reports and then go to the state).
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Michael
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I just looked at the graph for the Mill River Fairfield, but was having a hard time understanding the graph and percentage as for departure from average. |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Michael,
Go back to USGS site -> Look at page with US map on it -> in lower right hand corner click on "Explanation of terms".
Scroll down to term you need answer to.
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