{"id":1099,"date":"2023-07-06T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:21:23","slug":"2023-07-06-level-forecast-and-lake-of-the-woods-outflow-reductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2023\/07\/06\/2023-07-06-level-forecast-and-lake-of-the-woods-outflow-reductions\/","title":{"rendered":"2023.07.06 Level Forecast and Lake of the Woods Outflow Reductions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LakeoftheWoods.pdf\">Lake of the Woods<\/a>\u00a0is 322.93 m (1059.5 ft), a 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level for this time of year. The average lake level decreased by 6 cm (2 in) over the past week and is expected to decrease by 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) over the next week.  In response to low inflows and to maintain storage over the summer, a series of outflow reductions is scheduled for next week.  Lake of the Woods outflow will be reduced as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>500 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s on Monday, July 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>450 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s on Wednesday, July 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>400 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s on Friday, July 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These outflow reductions are larger than over the last month and as such the level of the Winnipeg River is expected to drop by several inches next week.  By dropping flows on the Winnipeg River faster now, storage will be build up on the lake to help provide normal flows on the river for a longer period of time in the case of extended dry conditions.  The level of the Winnipeg River will decrease with each outflow reduction by approximately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>13 cm (5 in) below the Norman Dam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 cm (3 in) above the Dalles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no change at Minaki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LacSeul.pdf\">Lac Seul<\/a>\u00a0is 355.94 m (1167.8 ft), a 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level for this time of year. The lake level increased by 3 cm (1 in) over the past week and is expected to increase by approximately 2 to 6 cm (1 to 2 in) over the next week. Lac Seul authorized outflow is 100 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current level of\u00a0Lake of the Woods\u00a0is 322.93 m (1059.5 ft), a 25th\u00a0percentile level for this time of year. The average lake level decreased by 6 cm (2 in) over the past week and is expected to decrease by 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) over the next week. In response to low&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2023\/07\/06\/2023-07-06-level-forecast-and-lake-of-the-woods-outflow-reductions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2023.07.06 Level Forecast and Lake of the Woods Outflow Reductions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}