Wha' Up with the Flows?

Another weekend of high water on the American River. Again, the flow charts were wrong for the North Fork American weekend for 4/22 & 23rd. We have bookmarked the CDEC flow sites so our paddling clients can find the actual flows. I'm not sure why the NoFo flows are incorrect on three of the popular flow sites for the past two weekends, but it is imperative that we have accurate data. The flow gauge on the North Fork became problematic last year and engineers were at the gauge station trying to mainipulate and extrapolate data for their flow charts. We think there might be a problem at the data feed that is skewing the data on these popular flow sites.

North Fork is finally coming down to manageable paddling levels again. Today's flow is at 3,380 cfs and dropping. Check the following links to the flows for the American River for the SoFo, NoFo and MoFo. These charts are the best for accuracy and most outfitter's also look at these sites with the most relevant information.

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/river/americanStages.html
All three charts are there describing stage levels and actual cfs levels.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/river/rivcond.html
For all the rivers throughout the state; levels and actual cfs levels.

The USGS site was stuck at April 22nd like the other flow sites... someone fix this, please!
Here is what it should look like:::

South Fork American

Chili Bar Discharge

Middle Fork American

North Fork American & Giant Gap