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Columbia River at Wells Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 779.71 ft at 7:00PM Sep 19, 2020Observed: 779.49 ft at 8:00PM Sep 19, 2020Observed: 779.62 ft at 9:00PM Sep 19, 2020Observed: 779.47 ft at 10:00PM Sep 19, 2020Observed: 779.2 ft at 11:00PM Sep 19, 2020Observed: 779.14 ft at 12:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.49 ft at 1:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.82 ft at 2:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.81 ft at 3:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.85 ft at 4:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.9 ft at 5:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.21 ft at 6:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.27 ft at 7:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.2 ft at 8:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.21 ft at 9:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.96 ft at 10:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.27 ft at 11:00AM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.33 ft at 12:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.76 ft at 1:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.25 ft at 2:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 780.22 ft at 3:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.89 ft at 4:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.62 ft at 5:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.54 ft at 6:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.39 ft at 7:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.33 ft at 8:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.13 ft at 9:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.41 ft at 10:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.12 ft at 11:00PM Sep 20, 2020Observed: 779.44 ft at 12:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.49 ft at 1:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.22 ft at 2:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.33 ft at 3:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.29 ft at 4:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.25 ft at 5:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779 ft at 6:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.31 ft at 7:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.33 ft at 8:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.48 ft at 9:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.57 ft at 10:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.86 ft at 11:00AM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.98 ft at 12:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.04 ft at 1:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.86 ft at 2:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.89 ft at 3:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.72 ft at 4:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.07 ft at 5:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.02 ft at 6:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.03 ft at 7:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 779.96 ft at 8:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.27 ft at 9:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.03 ft at 10:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.42 ft at 11:00PM Sep 21, 2020Observed: 780.15 ft at 12:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 780.19 ft at 1:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.73 ft at 2:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 780.03 ft at 3:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.67 ft at 4:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.84 ft at 5:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.03 ft at 6:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.23 ft at 7:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.02 ft at 8:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.29 ft at 9:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.04 ft at 10:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.02 ft at 11:00AM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.62 ft at 12:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.98 ft at 1:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.72 ft at 2:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.16 ft at 3:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.47 ft at 4:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.29 ft at 5:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.6 ft at 6:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.71 ft at 7:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 778.98 ft at 8:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.07 ft at 9:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.28 ft at 10:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.31 ft at 11:00PM Sep 22, 2020Observed: 779.15 ft at 12:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.26 ft at 1:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.42 ft at 2:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.38 ft at 3:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.54 ft at 4:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.5 ft at 5:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.4 ft at 6:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.26 ft at 7:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.25 ft at 8:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 779.05 ft at 9:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.78 ft at 10:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.25 ft at 11:00AM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.1 ft at 12:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.97 ft at 1:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778 ft at 2:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.93 ft at 3:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.08 ft at 4:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.86 ft at 5:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.89 ft at 6:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.17 ft at 7:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.89 ft at 8:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.98 ft at 9:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 777.87 ft at 10:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.15 ft at 11:00PM Sep 23, 2020Observed: 778.56 ft at 12:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 778.48 ft at 1:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 778.62 ft at 2:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 778.59 ft at 3:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.06 ft at 4:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.03 ft at 5:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.25 ft at 6:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 778.94 ft at 7:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.48 ft at 8:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.29 ft at 9:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.68 ft at 10:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.59 ft at 11:00AM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.46 ft at 12:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.44 ft at 1:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.53 ft at 2:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.25 ft at 3:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.42 ft at 4:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.27 ft at 5:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.18 ft at 6:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.37 ft at 7:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.6 ft at 8:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.5 ft at 9:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.95 ft at 10:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 779.85 ft at 11:00PM Sep 24, 2020Observed: 780.09 ft at 12:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 779.95 ft at 1:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.25 ft at 2:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.18 ft at 3:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.32 ft at 4:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.21 ft at 5:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.26 ft at 6:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.39 ft at 7:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.42 ft at 8:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.71 ft at 9:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.59 ft at 10:00AM Sep 25, 2020Highest Observation: 780.87 ft at 11:00AM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.65 ft at 12:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.86 ft at 1:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.63 ft at 2:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.47 ft at 3:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.53 ft at 4:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.45 ft at 5:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.33 ft at 6:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.25 ft at 7:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.19 ft at 8:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.1 ft at 9:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.06 ft at 10:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 780.13 ft at 11:00PM Sep 25, 2020Observed: 779.77 ft at 12:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 780.11 ft at 1:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 780.11 ft at 3:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.68 ft at 4:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 780.03 ft at 5:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.63 ft at 6:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.89 ft at 7:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.88 ft at 8:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.97 ft at 9:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.94 ft at 10:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.93 ft at 11:00AM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 780.12 ft at 12:00PM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.88 ft at 1:00PM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.91 ft at 2:00PM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.75 ft at 3:00PM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.85 ft at 4:00PM Sep 26, 2020Observed: 779.57 ft at 5:00PM Sep 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Sep 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Sep 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Sep 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Sep 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Sep 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Sep 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Sep 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Sep 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Sep 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Sep 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Sep 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Sep 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Sep 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Sep 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Sep 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Sep 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Sep 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Oct 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Oct 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Oct 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Oct 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Oct 02, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Oct 02, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Oct 02, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00PM Oct 02, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00AM Oct 03, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 11:00AM Oct 03, 2020Highest Forecast: 780.03 ft 5:00PM Oct 03, 2020WELW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (6:31PM Sep 26, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 9:50AM Sep 26)Latest observed value: 779.57 ft at 5:00 PM PDT 26-Sep-2020.
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Latitude: 47.950000° N, Longitude: 119.866667° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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