Big Bend Daily Report

Friday, May 16, 2008

Updated Monday-Friday; most information provided by Big Bend National Park.

Big Bend Current Weather Map

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Weather

Today	Tonight	Tomorrow	3-Day Forecast
Mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds will be from the northeast at 10-20 mph. Highs: 55-80 Sunset 8:39 pm	Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-15 mph. Lows: 45-60	Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds from the northeast at 0-10 mph. Highs: 60-90 Sunrise 6:59 am	SUN-TUE: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 75-105 Lows: 55-65

Temperature/Precipitation

Location	Yesterday °F		Today °F 8 am	Precipitation (inches)
Location	High	Low	Today °F 8 am	24 hr	Month	Year
Panther Junction (elev 3750')	85	56	56	0.23	0.37	0.77
Chisos Basin (elev 5400')	79	51	51	0.13	0.24	0.96
Rio Grande Village (elev 1850')	103	63	63	TR	0.17	0.28
Castolon (elev 2170')	97	62	62	0.12	0.97	1.24
Persimmon Gap (elev 2970')	90	59	59	0.10	0.14	0.62
Lajitas (elev 2340')	99	64	66	0.00	0.02	0.52

River Level

Gauge Location	Flood Stage (ft)	Today (ft)	Yesterday (ft)	CFS (05-16-08)
Presidio	15.50	3.54	3.60	72
Lajitas	15.00	NR	NR	NA
Castolon	15.00	2.72	2.75	NA
Johnson's Ranch	15.50	2.70	2.71	33
Rio Grande Village	13.00	1.60	1.60	NA
Dryden	59.00	3.05	3.04	NA
Foster's Ranch	14.00	2.67	1.55	1681

Campgrounds

For national park campgrounds availability call Big Bend National Park (Panther Junction) at 432-477-2251. For state campground availability call Big Bend Ranch State Park (Ft. Leaton) at 432-229-3613 or B.A. Warnock Ed. Ctr. (Lajitas) at 432-424-3327.