Big Bend Daily Report

Wednesday, August 27, 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 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds will be from the east at 10-15 mph. Highs: 80-95 Sunset 8:19 pm	Mostly cloudy. Winds will be from the east at 10-15 mph. Lows: 65-70	Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds will be from the east at 10-15 mph. Highs: 80-95 Sunrise 7:29 am	FRI-SUN: Mostly to partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs: 75-95 Lows: 65-75

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')	88	66	72	0.00	1.67	9.61
Chisos Basin (elev 5400')	79	61	64	0.00	4.27	13.60
Rio Grande Village (elev 1850')	96	69	72	0.00	0.82	3.91
Castolon (elev 2170')	97	68	80	0.00	2.34	7.91
Persimmon Gap (elev 2970')	94	72	75	0.00	2.34	7.32
Lajitas (elev 2340')	97	73	76	0.00	0.85	4.05

River Level

Gauge Location	Flood Stage (ft)	Today (ft)	Yesterday (ft)	CFS (08-27-08)
Presidio	15.50	5.26	5.51	334
Lajitas	15.00	4.00	4.00	NA
Castolon	15.00	4.45	5.27	592
Johnson's Ranch	15.50	4.67	5.58	459
Rio Grande Village	13.00	3.90	4.70	929
Dryden	59.00	6.34	7.97	1454
Foster's Ranch	14.00	2.99	2.23	2098

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.