SFWMD Blue Green Algae (BGA) Daily Conditions Report
Lake Okeechobee Watershed
Note: The information below along with associated graphics was generated using provisional data and it is subject to change.
Daily Lake Okeechobee stage in relation to the Lake Okeechobee Ecological Envelope and Regulation Schedule (LORS). Mean stage in feet NGVD29 recorded at station L OKEE (USACOE)Real-Time Water Levels
Lake Okeechobee wind speed and direction recorded at the LZ40 monitoring station. Wind rose shows the direction the wind blew from the length of each spoke around the circle and >the frequency (%) in which the wind blew from that direction at a given speed (mph). Wind Data App from Windy.com
Note: This chart displays the major water inflows and outflows associated with Lake Okeechobee, represented in different colors for clarity:
- Inflows (blue): Water entering Lake Okeechobee, including flows from the L-8 Canal through S-271 (formerly Culvert 10A) and the C-44 Canal through S-308.
- Outflows East and West (red): Water leaving Lake Okeechobee, with the east and west directions indicated in this color. This includes outflows into the L-8 and C-44 canals.
- Outflows South (green): Water exiting Lake Okeechobee to the south is shown in green.
Inflows are depicted as positive values, indicating water entering the lake, while outflows are shown as negative values, indicating water leaving the lake.
Outflows through the S-77 (Caloosahatchee) and S-308 (C-44 Canal) structures are based on downstream gauges to account for flows related to lock openings for navigation.
Optimal growth (red) Water temperature above 25 ºC are optimal for cyanobacterial growth in water column (planktonic cyanobacteria) based on Paerl & Huisman 2008, Reynolds 2006
Lake Okeechobee Interior Water Quality Sondes deployed at interior lake monitoring locations. Chlorophyll (20 and 40 ug/L) and Phycocyanin (40 ug/L) based on Cotterill et al., 2019 and Macario et al., 2015
Image credit: The images were derived from Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite data from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EUMETSAT and were processed by NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
Links to SFWMD Text Forescast & U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Lake Okeechobee and Vicinity Report
