This Week, There Are Better Places To Be.
This promises to be a week like I've never seen on the Delaware River System. Today was to be the coolest day and the car reported 88 on the drive up to Deposit. Forecasted highs for Tuesday through Friday are 88, 94, 97, 94. A surge is being sent down the WB from Cannonsville to try to keep the USGS temperature gage at Lordville at or below 75. The current reading is 74. With the predicted temps, a lot of water will need to be released this week. The thermal releases are normally done in the evening and the cold water travels downstream during the dark of night, arriving at Lordville during the warmest part of the day. It's the best program I've seen, it increases the number of trout able to live in the BR by creating a large, (but artificial), thermal refuge. The problem being created, by what is sure to be a record breaking heatwave, is that the bank of water that can be released is limited, July is historically the hottest month and we aren't even there yet. The se...