Rainfall this week brought 0.44", bringing May's total to 0.87"--37.8%. Water Year year-to-date is 43.50", 89.4% of normal. Year-to-date as a percentage of the total Water Year is at 85%, which probably means the year will end below normal. ETo was 0.20", bringing May's total to 1.45". Average high 60.9f, low 48.6f. No change in the California Drought Map. Ruth Lake Reservoir on 5/29 at 99%. Both the Mad River and Eel again slowly dropping at 6.3 ft/135 cfs and 10 ft/880 cfs, respectively. Inland river's temperatures dropped slightly. Weeds in the yard still a healthy green and going to seed, while the poison oak, unfortunately, is doing well. Huge turnouts for the Kinetic Sculpture Race last weekend, The 36th Annual Arcata Bay Oyster Festival is the next big event, coming on Saturday, June 13th. (Arcata Bay is the actual name to the northern part of Humboldt Bay.) Wildflowers continue blooming, and many butterflies and dragonflies out.
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