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LIforrelaxin · 10-12-2020, 11:48 AM

So I was looking at the DES website just now....

Winnipesaukee has a 2 ft. normal operating band:

Full pool @ 504.32 -- objective to start boating season Memorial day weekend
Low pool @ 502.32 -- objective before snow and ice starts to melt

Currently according to DES lake is at 502.45...

so we are about 23" from full pool "officially"

It also means we need to hope for a few things...
-- the drought needs to end
-- We get a good snow pack over the winter
-- spring rains compensate for what the snow pack from the winter is not able to deliver to bring us back up to full pond.

I think it is very probable that we will get lower then we did in 2016, where it bottom out at 502.26.... Unless we start to get some rain.... All the lakes are getting very low, which means there isn't much water to get to flow into Winnipesaukee....In 2016, hadn't had a season long drought and the infeeds into the lake, where still able to supply water.

10-12-2020, 11:48 AM	#10
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, not that one, the one on Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,827 Thanks: 1,017 Thanked 881 Times in 515 Posts	So I was looking at the DES website just now.... Winnipesaukee has a 2 ft. normal operating band: Full pool @ 504.32 -- objective to start boating season Memorial day weekend Low pool @ 502.32 -- objective before snow and ice starts to melt Currently according to DES lake is at 502.45... so we are about 23" from full pool "officially" It also means we need to hope for a few things... -- the drought needs to end -- We get a good snow pack over the winter -- spring rains compensate for what the snow pack from the winter is not able to deliver to bring us back up to full pond. I think it is very probable that we will get lower then we did in 2016, where it bottom out at 502.26.... Unless we start to get some rain.... All the lakes are getting very low, which means there isn't much water to get to flow into Winnipesaukee....In 2016, hadn't had a season long drought and the infeeds into the lake, where still able to supply water. __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....