{"id":1714,"date":"2025-08-14T15:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:59:47","slug":"2025-08-14-water-levels-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2025\/08\/14\/2025-08-14-water-levels-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2025.08.14 Water Levels Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The current level of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LakeoftheWoods.pdf\">Lake of the Woods<\/a>&nbsp;is 322.81 m (1059.1 ft), a 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The average lake level is unchanged from a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most weather forecast models from Canadian, American, and European weather agencies indicate relatively dry conditions over the next week. A few forecast runs indicate the potential for heavy rainfall from Lake of the Woods to Rainy Lake from Sunday to Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the majority of forecasts, the level of Lake of the Woods is expected to change little over the next week with further declining inflows. A reduction in outflow, from 300 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s to 275 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s is scheduled for Friday, August 15. The level of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/pdf\/WinnipegRiverOntario.pdf\">Winnipeg River<\/a> below Norman Dam will decline by 5 cm (2 in) as a result of this flow change, while the river level at Minaki will not be affected. A second 25 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s cut in outflow is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 19 and will be reassessed on Monday based on rainfall conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current level of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LacSeul.pdf\">Lac Seul<\/a>&nbsp;is 356.17 m (1168.5 ft), a 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The lake level increased by 5 cm (2 in) over the last week and is expected to increase by 4 to 7 cm (1.6 to 2.7 in) over the next week. Lac Seul authorized outflow is 100 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current level of&nbsp;Lake of the Woods&nbsp;is 322.81 m (1059.1 ft), a 15th&nbsp;percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The average lake level is unchanged from a week ago. Most weather forecast models from Canadian, American, and European weather agencies indicate relatively dry conditions over the next week. A few forecast&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2025\/08\/14\/2025-08-14-water-levels-update\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025.08.14 Water Levels Update<\/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-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}