Willamette (Willa-muddy) River
Look at the picture of the Willamette River this morning. It continues to run above bankful, at over 62 feet above the Oregon City Falls. The color remains a medium chocolate color.
This morning the Willamette was running at 138,655 cubic feet per second! That's a lot of water. Yes it's down from late last week but the river is still running about 72% percent of flood stage. Don't expect the Willamette or any other river to drop anytime soon. I don't see us breaking out of this pattern anytime in the near future.
The CPC ( Climate Prediction Center) The Oregon State Climatology Office continue to predict above normal precipitation across the Northwest. A couple of estimate have precipitation running about 150-200 percent of normal for the rest of the winter. If that actually happens it would be a lot less than what we're seeing now, which about 300% above normal.
