1 day ago · Lake Shasta waters swelled after heavy winter rains from an atmospheric river. Here's how much rain fell and how many feet the lake grew.

Feb 5, 2024 · As a moisture-laden atmospheric river makes its way through California and into inland Western states, meteorologists expect the storm could bring up to an inch of rain to drought-stricken Lake...

Lake-effect rain, or bay-effect rain, is the liquid equivalent of lake-effect snow, where the rising air results in a transfer of warm air and moisture from a lake into the predominant colder air, resulting in a fast buildup of clouds and rainfall downwind of the lake. [1]

Aug 25, 2023 · Rainfall doesn’t immediately add inches to the nation’s largest reservoir. Lake Mead is enormous, and even the storm that dumped 8-10 inches of rain at Mt. Charleston covered a much smaller area than the lake. “We saw Mead’s water level tick up a couple tenths of an inch.

Jan 30, 2024 · A Pacific storm will bring "widespread precipitation" to much of the United States, and Lake Mead water levels will benefit from the rain.

Jan 27, 2024 · Despite the western U.S. having some heavy rainfall throughout 2023 and early this year, the lake's water levels are certainly not what they used to be. Officials fear that Lake Mead could drop...

1 day ago · Yung says the lake level rises and falls with each rain and subsequent draining, but the risk of lowering oxygen content downstream has decreased significantly as cold weather and flowing water conditions do not allow stratification.

Dec 18, 2024 · Since last month’s atmospheric river that drenched the North State, the water level in Lake Shasta — California's largest manmade reservoir — has shot up nearly 20 feet. And after a few dry days...

Oct 16, 2024 · Severe flooding Lakeland residents are seeing around Lake Parker and Lake Bonny are part of a different system. The water management district has a water control structure on Lake Gibson, which received more than 12 inches of rain. That structure is wide open to allow flow downstream.

Jan 12, 2023 · LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Southern Nevada has been in the path of repeated rain systems for the last week. But, has the recent rain in our area affected Lake Mead’s water levels? The good news is that it has helped, but only a little.