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Kentucky Lake & Lake Barkley Elevation

 
  Kentucky Lake Lake Barkley

Upper Stage > 

355.3' 355.2'

24-Hour Change > 

0.2' 0.2'

Normal Stage > 

354.0' 354.0'

Departure From Normal > 

+1.3' +1.2'

Mar. 21st Projection > 

355.2' N/A

Lower Stage > 

319.3'

322.3'

Normal Summer Pool > 

359.0' 359.0'

Normal Winter Pool > 

354.0' 354.0'
 
 

Water Conditions & Current

 

 

Kentucky Lake

Lake Barkley

Avg Hourly Flow (cfs) > 

61,661

32,700

Strength of Current > 

Average

Above Average

Water Clarity

Clear

Clear

Chart

 

Water Temps

 
Kentucky Lake¹

52°

Kentucky Dam

52°

Barkley Dam

52°

Normal Temp²

57°

¹ Reported at Murray State's Hancock Biological Station near Eggner's Ferry Bridge
² Based on archived fishing reports and normal air temperatures.  Click here for a chart of normal water temps.


Explanation of Values

= Fluctuating.  Fluctuating is defined here by lake levels rising and falling by at least one tenth of a foot during the past eight hours.

S = Steady.  Steady is defined here by lake levels remaining steady or fluctuating by less than one tenth of a foot during the past eight hours.

= Rising.  Rising is defined here by the lake levels increasing consistently during the past eight hours.

= Falling.  Falling is defined here by the lake levels decreasing consistently during the past eight hours.

cfs = cubic feet per second, which is the amount of water that flows through the dams. 

All water temperatures are recorded at the surface.  A special thanks to Murray State's Hancock Biological Station for supplying real-time water data on their website and giving us permission to use this data.  Water temperatures elsewhere are provided by the National Weather Service and the US Army Corps of Engineers.  Normal water temperatures are solely based off of archived fishing reports and normal air temperatures for this area.

 

Special Kentucky Lake & Lake Barkley Information & Notices

 
For Monday, March 22 - Cool weather will briefly settle in for Monday, and then a big warmup is coming in for this week. Tuesday through Friday we'll see highs in the 60s, at time pushing 70.

A little more than an inch of rain fell across the valleys Sunday, so I suspect we'll have some stained or muddy bays this week.

Information last updated at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2010  All times Central.


About Lake Elevations

Lake elevation is based on sea-level.  Strength of current is based on the discharge rate at the dams.  Kentucky Lake is much larger than Lake Barkley, so 100,000 cfs at Barkley Dam produces stronger current than 100,000 cfs at Kentucky Dam.  Use this unofficial chart to compare current strengths:
 

Discharge Kentucky Dam Barkley Dam
0 - 15,000 cfs Very Low Low
15,000-30,000 Low Average
30,000-65,000 Average Above Average
65,000-100,000 Above Average Strong
100,000-200,000 Strong Very Strong
200,000-300,000 Very Strong Powerful
300,000-500,000 Powerful Very Powerful
Over 500,000 Very Powerful (Highly Unlikely)

Lake Elevation data is provided by the TVA
 

 

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