Water/Drought Recovery?

[Magic City Matt]

So we went on a little overnighter to Cheaha wilderness this weekend. On the way out there Logan Martin lake looked to be way up and we hiked in from the nubbin creek trailhead. I have to say the falls looked fantastic. All of the streams seems to be flowing at a good clip. We even had a little unexpected rain up there this morning.

How are we doing on the way to being out of a drought condition?

[Joshua Szulecki]

Well, things are LOOKING really good most places I've been. Sipsey's seasonal waterfalls have some trickles. The year-round waterfalls are flowing well, certainly not blasting away, but roaring in a few cases. The side falls at Upper Caney Creek is flowing, which is always a good sign.

Officially, we are still in a really bad drought.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/DM/monitor.html

Streamflow conditions are below normal, but not severely bad.
http://water.usgs.gov/wat...m=dryw&w=map&r=us

I think the worst may be over, but it may take a long time to catch up.

[Suz]

I am so grateful for the rains that we have had.  The ground and the plants surely need it.  I just hope we haven't shifted from a wet subtropical climate to a dry one with monsoons.  I'm waiting for the summer, when we have crops and fruits,  and temperatures in the upper 80's and low 90's before I start celebrating. 

[Lostsheep]

I've been getting my jon boat out on the cahaba and it's been doing pretty good. I'm not too disappointed with it right now. It's been pretty low but it's definitely coming back up.

For the record, Lake Martin is now above winter pool for the first time since last June which is very good. Unfortunately, it's still a few feet from normal. Also, Lake Purdy along Hwy 119 in Jefferson County (N of Hwy 280) has picked up some water. The mud bank on the east side has some water and is showing progress. We can only hope for more to keep filling it up.

We're doing better, we can only hope for more though. I'm heading to Sipsey & Cheaha in a few weeks so hopefully it'll show more water and I won't get dissapointed.

[lawnmowwer]

 As of today(2/26) We are at average for 2008. Last year we were down at this time a getting worse. I hope the rain keeps up. The fact is that it will take several years of above average rain to truely catch up.