Busy tourism season expected for Lake Powell as water levels rise

Will Lake Powell Rise In 2025. Lake Powell Water Levels Bureau of Reclamation's 24-month study — a forecast updated once a month — shows Lake Mead is projected to drop about 15 feet by the end of July, then climb as high as 1,063.64 feet by February 2025. With intervening flows between Lake Powell and Lake Mead of 0.766 maf in CY 2025, Lake Mead's elevation is projected to be 1,057.47 feet on December 31, 2025

At noon on Friday, the surface of Lake Mead was at 1,064.39 feet above sea level, up about 4 feet over the past month and a half. The March 2025 unregulated inflow forecast for Lake Powell is 0.420 maf or 70.

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But only about 4.5 million acre-feet of water are expected to flow into Lake Powell as snow melts across the Upper Basin — 70% of the median amount recorded between 1991 and 2020. As of August 15, Lake Mead is at 1,062.05 feet above sea level, and Lake Powell is at 3,582.34 feet, Lakes Online showed Storms this month have brought much-needed snow to the mountains above Lake Powell, but.

Lake Powell Water Level Projections Revealed in Report Newsweek. According to this Newsweek article by Jess Thomson, the U.S Bureau of Reclamation has forecast the 2025 water levels for Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

Lake Powell Water Level 2025 Glyn Susanna. Bureau of Reclamation's 24-month study — a forecast updated once a month — shows Lake Mead is projected to drop about 15 feet by the end of July, then climb as high as 1,063.64 feet by February 2025. At noon on Friday, the surface of Lake Mead was at 1,064.39 feet above sea level, up about 4 feet over the past month and a half.