{"id":2013,"date":"2026-08-27T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:56:51","slug":"2026-08-27-level-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2026\/08\/27\/2026-08-27-level-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"2026.08.27 Level Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Winnipeg River basin received 15 to 30 mm (0.6 to 1.2 in) of rainfall this week, with localized amounts of 30 to 50 mm (1.2 to 2 in) around Lac Seul and east of Lake of the Woods along the international border. This rainfall has caused temporary increases in lake inflows. However, sustained, near-normal precipitation will be needed to meaningfully improve drought conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LakeoftheWoods.pdf?v=1234\">Lake of the Woods<\/a>\u00a0is 322.75 m (1058.9 ft), a 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The average lake level changed little over the past week and is expected to decline by up to 2 cm (0.8 in) over the next week. Lake of the Woods authorized outflow\u00a0is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>150 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LacSeul.pdf?v=1234\">Lac Seul<\/a>\u00a0is 356.35 m (1169.1 ft), a 35<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level, within the normal range for this time of year. The lake level increased by 3 cm (1.2 in) over the last week and is expected to increase by 1 to 3.5 cm (0.4 to 1.4 in) over the next week.\u00a0Lac Seul authorized outflow is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>150 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg River basin received 15 to 30 mm (0.6 to 1.2 in) of rainfall this week, with localized amounts of 30 to 50 mm (1.2 to 2 in) around Lac Seul and east of Lake of the Woods along the international border. This rainfall has caused temporary increases in lake inflows. However, sustained, near-normal&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2026\/08\/27\/2026-08-27-level-forecast\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026.08.27 Level Forecast<\/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-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","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=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}