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Columbia River at Wells Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 778.5 ft at 9:00PM Jan 12, 2021Observed: 778.29 ft at 10:00PM Jan 12, 2021Observed: 778.64 ft at 11:00PM Jan 12, 2021Observed: 778.23 ft at 12:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 778.56 ft at 1:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 778.11 ft at 2:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 777.73 ft at 3:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 777.72 ft at 4:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 777.19 ft at 5:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 776.72 ft at 6:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 776.51 ft at 7:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 776.89 ft at 9:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 776.76 ft at 10:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 777.44 ft at 11:00AM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 778.29 ft at 12:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 778.79 ft at 1:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 779.31 ft at 2:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 779.98 ft at 3:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.49 ft at 4:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.66 ft at 5:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.33 ft at 6:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.7 ft at 7:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.58 ft at 8:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.64 ft at 9:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.62 ft at 10:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.57 ft at 11:00PM Jan 13, 2021Observed: 780.62 ft at 12:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.61 ft at 1:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.59 ft at 2:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.58 ft at 3:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.64 ft at 4:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.59 ft at 5:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.69 ft at 6:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.73 ft at 7:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.58 ft at 8:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.72 ft at 9:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.71 ft at 10:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.8 ft at 11:00AM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.39 ft at 12:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.76 ft at 1:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.37 ft at 2:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.61 ft at 3:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.32 ft at 4:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.33 ft at 5:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.34 ft at 6:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.09 ft at 7:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.28 ft at 8:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.12 ft at 9:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.16 ft at 10:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 780.02 ft at 11:00PM Jan 14, 2021Observed: 779.94 ft at 12:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.83 ft at 1:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.67 ft at 2:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.67 ft at 3:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.61 ft at 4:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.59 ft at 5:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.66 ft at 6:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.88 ft at 7:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.78 ft at 8:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.72 ft at 9:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.94 ft at 10:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.76 ft at 11:00AM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.88 ft at 12:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.8 ft at 1:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.76 ft at 2:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.53 ft at 3:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.6 ft at 4:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.42 ft at 5:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.29 ft at 6:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.13 ft at 7:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 779.08 ft at 8:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 778.93 ft at 9:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 778.96 ft at 10:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 778.79 ft at 11:00PM Jan 15, 2021Observed: 778.78 ft at 12:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.76 ft at 1:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.76 ft at 2:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.79 ft at 3:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.85 ft at 4:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.92 ft at 5:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.77 ft at 6:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.69 ft at 7:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.51 ft at 8:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.36 ft at 9:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.19 ft at 10:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.38 ft at 11:00AM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.25 ft at 12:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.74 ft at 1:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 779.33 ft at 2:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 779.52 ft at 3:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.98 ft at 4:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 779.36 ft at 5:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.96 ft at 6:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.87 ft at 7:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.79 ft at 8:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.64 ft at 9:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.66 ft at 10:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.41 ft at 11:00PM Jan 16, 2021Observed: 778.74 ft at 12:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 778.31 ft at 1:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 778.11 ft at 2:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 778 ft at 3:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 777.78 ft at 4:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 777.64 ft at 5:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 777.57 ft at 6:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 777.75 ft at 7:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 777.83 ft at 8:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 778.27 ft at 9:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 778.7 ft at 10:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 779 ft at 11:00AM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 779.76 ft at 12:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.19 ft at 1:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.84 ft at 2:00PM Jan 17, 2021Highest Observation: 781.06 ft at 3:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.6 ft at 4:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.82 ft at 5:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.28 ft at 6:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.45 ft at 7:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.25 ft at 8:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.16 ft at 9:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 780.12 ft at 10:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 779.94 ft at 11:00PM Jan 17, 2021Observed: 779.78 ft at 12:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 780.03 ft at 1:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 779.13 ft at 2:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.86 ft at 3:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.23 ft at 4:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.27 ft at 5:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 777.58 ft at 6:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 777.58 ft at 7:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 777.62 ft at 8:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.14 ft at 9:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.09 ft at 10:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.55 ft at 11:00AM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.51 ft at 12:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.81 ft at 1:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.95 ft at 2:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 779.04 ft at 3:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.89 ft at 4:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.9 ft at 5:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.92 ft at 6:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.87 ft at 7:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.86 ft at 8:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 779 ft at 9:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 779.05 ft at 10:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.94 ft at 11:00PM Jan 18, 2021Observed: 778.67 ft at 12:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.75 ft at 1:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.05 ft at 2:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.88 ft at 3:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.88 ft at 4:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.81 ft at 5:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.69 ft at 7:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.77 ft at 8:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.01 ft at 9:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 778.58 ft at 10:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.14 ft at 11:00AM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.02 ft at 12:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.28 ft at 1:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.46 ft at 2:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.43 ft at 3:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.36 ft at 4:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.49 ft at 5:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.18 ft at 6:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.22 ft at 7:00PM Jan 19, 2021Observed: 779.15 ft at 8:00PM Jan 19, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 19, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 20, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 20, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 20, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 20, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 21, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 21, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 21, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 21, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 22, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 22, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 22, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 22, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 23, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 23, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 23, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 23, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 24, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 24, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 24, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 24, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 25, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 25, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 25, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00PM Jan 25, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00AM Jan 26, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 10:00AM Jan 26, 2021Highest Forecast: 778.58 ft 4:00PM Jan 26, 2021WELW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (8:46PM Jan 19, 2021)ObservedForecast (issued 3:21PM Jan 19)Latest observed value: 779.15 ft at 8:00 PM PST 19-Jan-2021.
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