PACIFIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER
7 AM SUNDAY MAY 10, 2015
SPRING BREAKUP SUMMARY FOR ALASKA....
THE SPRING BREAKUP FLOOD POTENTIAL IS RATED AS LOW TO LOW-MODERATE STATEWIDE.
THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED SNOWPACK AND ICE THICKNESS REPORTS AND
MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION FORECASTS. CURRENTLY
BREAKUP AT MOST LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED TO BE A FEW DAYS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE.
THE ICE WENT OUT AT DAWSON MAY 4 AND AT EAGLE MAY 6. THE ICE REMAINS IN
PLACE AT CIRCLE AND FORT YUKON. FROM STEVENS VILLAGE TO RAMPART THE ICE
IS SHIFTED AND ROTTEN. THE TANANA RIVER HAS PUSHED THE YUKON ICE OUT AT
ITS CONFLUENCE AND PAST THE VILLAGE OF TANANA. THE ICE CONTINUES TO
SHIFT AT RUBY CREATING OPEN LEADS. AT GALENA, THE ICE RAN FROM ABOUT 3 PM TO
6 PM SATURDAY, THEN STOPPED AGAIN. WATER LEVELS ROSE FROM 110 FEET AT THE
PILINGS GAUGE ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO 112 FEET SUNDAY MORNING.
THE TANANA RIVER IS MOSTLY OPEN AND ICE FREE.
ON THE KOYUKUK RIVER, THE ICE WENT OUT AT BETTLES ON THURSDAY. THE ICE WENT
AT ALLAKAKET AND HUGHES ON TUESDAY, MAY 5TH. RIVER LEVELS ARE LOW.
-------------------------------------------------------------SNOWMELT
FLOOD
AVERAGE
FORECAST
RIVER - REACH
RUNOFF
BREAKUP
BREAKUP
VOLUME
DATE *
DATE
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YUKON RIVER (UPPER)
AVERAGE
EAGLE
CIRCLE
FORT YUKON
RAMPART
YUKON RIVER (MIDDLE)
MARSHALL
PILOT STATION
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
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LOW
LOW-MOD
LOW
LOW
05/05
05/10
05/11
05/12
05/06**
05/08-05/10
05/09-05/11
05/10-05/12
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
05/10
05/12
05/13
05/13
05/13
05/14
5/06**
05/09-05/11
05/09-05/12
05/09-05/13
05/10-05/14
05/10-05/15
LOW
LOW
LOW
05/16
05/17
05/19
05/12-05/18
05/13-05/18
05/13-05/19
BELOW
TANANA
RUBY
GALENA
KOYUKUK
NULATO
KALTAG
YUKON RIVER (LOWER)
POTENTIAL
BELOW