The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases an updated 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City.
In a news release, they say runoff continues to be below average.
“Despite some improvement in basin conditions, we expect 2023 runoff to remain below average,” said John Remus, chief of the Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. “Soil moisture has improved slightly in some areas, but drought conditions still exist across most of the basin.”
The 2023 calendar year runoff forecast above Sioux City is 21.5 million acre feet, 84% of average.
The runoff forecast is based on current soil moisture conditions, plains and mountain snowpack, and long-term precipitation and temperature outlooks.
The Corps says February runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 1.0 MAF, 86% of average.
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