Big Bend Daily Report

Monday, February 08, 2010

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
Partly cloudy. Winds will be from the northwest at 10-15 mph. Highs: 40-60 Sunset 6:37 pm	Mostly cloudy with areas of fog. Winds will be from the northeast at 10-15 mph. Lows: 25-35	Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and freezing rain at night. Winds will be from the east at 10-15 mph, becoming light and variable. Highs 35-50 Lows: 30-35 Sunrise 7:37 am	WED-FRI: Partly cloudy to cloudy with a chance of rain or snow Wednesday and Thursday. Highs: 35-65 Lows: 25-35

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')	72	40	42	Trace	0.72	1.18
Chisos Basin (elev 5400')	66	38	40	0.00	1.01	2.34
Rio Grande Village (elev 1850')	79	37	41	0.00	0.53	1.27
Castolon (elev 2170')	78	37	45	0.00	0.26	0.74
Persimmon Gap (elev 2970')	71	38	38	0.00	0.41	0.96
Lajitas (elev 2340')	77	39	49	0.00	0.55	0.96

River Level

Gauge Location	Flood Stage (ft)	Today (ft)	Yesterday (ft)	CFS(02-08-10)
Presidio	15.50	4.91	NR	243
Lajitas	15.00	NR	NR	NR
Castolon	15.00	3.79	4.02	246
Johnson's Ranch	15.50	5.85	NR	251
Rio Grande Village	13.00	4.53	4.62	251
Dryden	59.00	8.16	NR	664
Foster's Ranch	14.00	1.87	NR	540

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.