Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Daily Weather Forecast (8/22) for Moab & the Colorado River

Weather Forecast for Moab

Partly cloudy today-Friday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with the possibly of some flash flooding today & Thursday.  Mostly sunny over the weekend.  Afternoon high temperatures in the 80s today-Friday and into the 90s over the weekend.

Normal temperatures for August are 96/63.

Colorado River Flows and Forecasts (cubic feet per second)
Upstream from Moab - 8/22 - 2,300 cfs and by 9/1 - 2,300 cfs
Downstream from Moab at Cataract Canyon - 8/22 - 3,290 cfs and by 9/1 - 3,550 cfs

Whitewater Rafting is rated in "River Difficulty"
Colorado near Moab is I I - Medium to III - Difficult
Colorado at Cataract Canyon - V - Extremely Difficult

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