Monday 24 May 2021

Snowmelt season runoff


 Snowmelt pattern with daily fluctuations in the stage level during fine weather is visible in the hydrograph above during the long flow recession in mid-May. But the signal is not very strong due to the below average snowpack this year, which has largely melted off already by mid-May. May is wetter than average with several rainfall events in early and late May.

We measured the discharge soon after a medium-sized flood (about 0.8m stage), when the stage had fallen to 0.64m with a discharge of 3.35 m3/s. The flow was swift with a maximum velocity of 0.9m/s.

In summary, much of the runoff over the past month was due to rainfall runoff rather than snowmelt runoff, compared to an average year.

Stage = 0.64m, Discharge = 3.35 m3/s


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