Snowpack

Wet: Raftable flows 7 days a week through Labor Day. The South Fork of the American River water year forecast as of May 8, 2019: Wet The May Water Supply Forecast Report for 2019 was released Wednesday May 8th at 11:37 AM, with the final Water-Year forecast being Wet. Specifically it’s forecasting the Full Natural [...]

Wet: Raftable flows 7 days a week through Labor Day. The South Fork of the American River water year forecast as of April 9, 2019: Wet The April Water Supply Forecast Report for 2019 was released Tuesday April 9th at 1:37 PM, with the Water-Year forecasted for Wet. Specifically it’s forecasting the Full Natural Flow [...]

Wet: Raftable flows 7 days a week through Labor Day. The South Fork of the American River water year forecast as of March 8, 2019: Wet The March Water Supply Forecast Report for 2019 was released Friday March 8th at 2:52 PM, with the Water-Year forecasted for Wet. Specifically it’s forecasting the Full Natural Flow [...]

Below Normal: February rafting flows of 1,300 cfs on Saturdays and Sundays with “fish flows” of 200 cfs. The South Fork of the American River water year forecast as of February 8, 2019: Below Normal The February Water Supply Forecast Report for 2019 was released Friday February 8th at 4:29 PM, with the Water-Year forecasted [...]

Below Normal: 2.351 MAF of Full Natural Flow measured at Folsom Lake for the American River Oct 2017 through Sept 2018 2017-2018 Water Year – Final Determination – South Fork of the American River With the end of September also comes the end of the 2017-2018 California water year. Measurements for the Full Natural Flow for [...]

Dry: March rafting flows of 1,300-1,500 cfs Friday through Tuesday. With only 200 cfs guaranteed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. South Fork American River water year forecast as of March 8, 2018: Dry The March Water Forecast Report for 2018 was released Thursday March 8th, with the Water-Year forecasted for Dry. Specifically it’s forecasting the Full [...]

Below Normal: February flows only guaranteed on Saturday & Sunday with 1,300 cfs 9am-12pm, otherwise minimum of 200 cfs South Fork American River water year forecast as of February 8, 2018: Below Normal The February Water Forecast Report for 2018 was released Thursday February 8th, with the Water-Year forecasted for Below Normal. Specifically it’s forecasting the [...]

 tl;dr: Very Very Wet. Total rainfall exceeds 1982-1983, but current snowpack is much lower at this point in time and more in line with the the Spring of 1998 or 2011. Final South Fork American River water year forecast as of May 8, 2017: Wet The Final Water Forecast for 2017 was released Monday May [...]

 tl;dr: Very Very Wet. Total rainfall might exceed  1982-1983, but current snowpack is much lower at this point in time. South Fork American River water year forecast as of April 10, 2017: Wet The April Water Report was released Monday April 10th, with the Water-Year forecast expectedly solidly in the Wet range. Specifically it’s forecasting [...]

 tl;dr: Wet. Very Very Wet. South Fork American River water year forecast as of March 8, 2017: Wet The March Water Report was released Wednesday March 8th, with the Water-Year forecast expectedly solidly in the Wet range. Specifically it’s forecasting the American River below Folsom at 7.430 million acre-feet (MAF), with 3.500 or greater being considered Wet. In fact, [...]