do you, or anyone. know exactly how they calculate inflow?
I’m taking a shot in the dark and assuming it’s known outflow versus the lake elevation change that hour.....
it seems whenever outflow changes the inflow numbers get screwy
outflow jumped from 7000 To 7300 last hour.....they may have just started/increased a turbine we should find out here soon
also lake level up .08 last hour ...if previous patterns hold up the next hrs increase should be very small(i.e. .02ish)
The inflow number increased last hour too, but I don’t know how they measure or calculate it. I saw the 300 rise, and I think they might be bringing on the 5th unit. That will help.
Keep in mind that there are generators at some of the dams upstream so they might be releasing water through the generators up there based on loading. We schedule our hydro units to coincide with peaks in system loads, unless we need to move more or less water.
All the smaller reservoirs above are pretty full. They run the gamut from flood control, water storage to hydro-electric for the rural mountain and foothill area. When they release that will be a quick bump factor to the inflow numbers as they see the lake surface of the big lake jump from the release.