Madison Blue Back Open!

[FW]

I hate to be a "wet blanket", but check this out. It is the reporting station just up river from Madison.

http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydro...,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

Check the one at Madison too

http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydro...,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

[Me]

Does not look promising.....

[Sludge]

Darn. Me and I were hoping to dive it next week.

(Yes, that's what I meant.)

[tecterri]

+1 (Darn) have plans to be there on Saturday 3/20

[FW]

+1 (Darn) have plans to be there on Saturday 3/20

It might last that long, don't give up yet. Keep an eye on here, and the state parks page.

[huxley]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/video...nd-16730#16730

not good

[FW]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/video...nd-16730#16730

not good

Rain in FL is actually a good thing, it recharges the aquifer with clean water. It is rain in S GA that is a problem, It fills up the rivers, and they overpower the aquifer with tanic water

[jason]

While the tannic water might be bad for cave diving - it is incredibly important for aquifer recharge and provides much needed nutrients for cave organisms.... River reversals into springs are actually one of the reasons there are any caves to dive in Florida at all. River water during floods can dissolve a lot of limestone - which makes caves (or at least makes them bigger).

[huxley]

Had a question on the river levels, what or where is the 0ft mark that the river levels refer to?

[FW]

Had a question on the river levels, what or where is the 0ft mark that the river levels refer to?

0 = sea level. That is why the upstream gauges have higher levels then downstream gauges.