The Green River Flows Page

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Schedule:

Last update: Friday, May 09, 2008 at 07:11 AM EDT
Current time: Friday, May 09, 2008 at 03:29 PM EDT

On Friday, May 09 Tuxedo hydro station will run at 100% capacity from 7am to 12n.

Operational schedules are determined daily. This schedule is subject to change at any time due to changing electrical demand, weather conditions and lake levels.

Three day release forecasts are now available from Duke Energy: Duke Energy's Scheduled Flow Release Page. Note that Duke Power's release forecasts have limitations.

Lake Summit:

Lake Summit Level at the time of the last release schedule update (6:47 am 5/9/2008): 98.8 feet

Most Recent Lake Summit Level (15:07 pm 5/9/2008): 98.7 feet
Seasonal target range: 97.5 feet

Weather:

Current:
Fair and 76°F at the Asheville airport at 2:54pm EDT May 9

Descriptive Forecast:

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Tonight: A slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers before 8am. Partly cloudy, with a high near 76. Northwest wind between 7 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 55. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 71. East wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind between 10 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71.

Forecast last updated at 1:28pm EDT on May 9, 2008

Beta:

This page is a service of boatingbeta.com using data provided by Duke Energy and the National Weather Service.

The schedule is updated each morning after a telephone call to Duke Energy's recorded release message. The person making the call uses an html form to pass the release information to a program written in Perl that automatically re-writes this page.

To hear the message yourself, call 828-698-2068 (direct connection to message) or 800-829-5253 (menu to message). Schedules are announced daily, generally a little before 7:30 am, and are subject to change. The water is released just upstream of the Upper Green put-in, takes about 2 hours to reach the Green River Narrows put-in, and about 4-4.5 hours to reach the Lower Green put-in.

The current Lake Summit level, current weather and the weather forecasts are updated hourly using a series cron jobs. The cron jobs retrieve the lake level information from Duke Energy's Lake Levels page, the current weather and descriptive weather forecast from the National Weather Service's Henderson County, NC page, and the revised digital weather forecast (or RDF) from the NWS's Greenville Spartanburg RDF page, then use regular expressions to parse the pages and extract the information included on this page.

Releases are more likely when Lake Summit is near its target range and/or rain is expected. The target range is currently 97.5 feet, as described in the Annual Range section of Duke Energy's Lake Summit website. Lake levels can fluctuate as much as +/- 2 feet daily depending on the weather and the amount of power generated. Under drought conditions water is occasionally released even though the lake is below its target level. This is done to maintain downstream flows.

News:

(1/6/2008) Duke Energy Now Provides Tuxedo Release Forecasts Online!
A couple month's ago Duke Energy began providing three day release forecasts online. One glitch: they include the number of generators scheduled but not the load. And another: the online and recorded messages sometimes differ. For these reasons I'm continuing to call the recorded message every morning and give preference to the recorded message. Here's a link to Duke Energy's Scheduled Flow Release Page.

(10/30/2007) Green Race Registration Goes Online
The online registration form for this Saturday's race just went live! We're hoping you'll make Jason and the rest of the volunteer's lives much easier this year by taking the minute or two it should take to register online. Here's the link: 2007 Green Race Registration.

(9/25/2007) 2007 Green River Narrows Race
The 2007 race will be held Saturday, November 3rd. The first racer will be off at 12 noon and reach Gorilla about 12:04. Directions to Gorilla can be found on the Green Narrows page. Additional details will be posted when available. While you're waiting, check out all the past race results.

(09/25/2007) The Top 12 Reason to Race the Green Are . . .
This fall will be the 12th Annual Green Race -- "The Dirty Dozen." Email Jason Hale (Email Jason) and me (email Chris) your top 12 reasons to race the Green Race and I'll add them to the list below.
- Edgar:
  1. My heros do it
  2. Gives me a reason to keep my long boat
  3. To beat John Grace
  4. Tommy might get sick that day and I could win!
  5. Gives me a reason to run Go Left and Gorrilla
  6. Chris Gragtmans said I could
  7. With all those people there you will definitely get some good video of your beatdown
- Steve Ruth:
  1. You need a low stress run the week after the Lord of the Fork Race!
  2. No key required
- GRITS:
  1. Have a really good time
  2. Buy a burrito from a man-size chicken
  3. Have a chance to be JACKED UP in front of 500 spectators
  4. Win the race in front of 500 spectators
- drippinwet:
  1. If you do it right it will be over in under 5 minutes
  2. Most good drugs are still illegal
- granolapaddler:
  1. Pain Is Temporary, Glory Is Forever
  2. When else do you have some of the best boaters in the world setting safety for you?
- Adriene Levknecht:
  1. Because it's family!
  2. For the party afterwards
  3. Ligit reason to get in shape
  4. Dawn patrol, must I say more?
  5. It's the most well known river in the south east
  6. Rolling around the corner at Gorilla and seeing hundreds of people on the side of the river (most of them with a cold beer waiting for you)
  7. There is no better reason to sit in a Tornado
  8. It's called the magnificent mile for a reason
  9. Good time to be outside, next to a bomber river
  10. So my mom can hike down and watch the festivities
  11. Famous kayakers all over the place
  12. All the hot girls standing at gorilla ;-)
- Get to use your hairboater ID card (roscoepwavetrain)
- Women, riches and fame will never be the prize (Julio)
- When else do you get to wear body armor on the river and look so cool doing it!!!?? (Terrell Anderson)
- Prove once and for all I am now a class III boater (squirtboater)
- The Ocoee doesn't run in November (southeastcreekin)
- Racing is easier than walking in and out to watch (Brad Roberts)
- You get to hang out with all of your paddlin budz and talk a ton of shit (Boaterbox)
- Because it's there (Geoff Calhoun)

(08/15/2007) Tornados On Their Way
A run of Prijon Tornados, for many the Green Race boat of choice, will be arriving at Overflow Outfitters in September. They're all Mango. You can pay half and purchase them for $950 or pay $1050 when they arrive. Call Kevin at 678-450-9455 to order yours. Overflow is getting about 15 and half are already sold.

(4/9/2007) 2007 Gallimore Road Access Update
The current options for paddlers who wish to put-on or take-off at the Gallimore Road Access are:
1. Have a friend drop you off or pick you up.
2. Drop off your gear and return to Big Hungry Road to park. Then walk in (or out).
3. Use the Upper Green put-in.
4. Buy a key to the Gallimore Road private parking area. Keys can be purchased at either Liquidlogic (765 Crest Road, Flat Rock, NC 28773) or Green River Adventures (1734 Holbert Cove Road, Saluda, NC 28773). You can purchase either a new key for $60.00 (both locations) or turn in a 2006 key and purchase a 2007 key for $45.00 (Liquidlogic only). The 2007 key will be good starting April 1, 2007 and will open the gate until the lock is changed next year. Your $60 (or $45) payment is tax-deductable. If you wish to buy a key and don't have time to wait for it to arrive in the mail, call Woody at Liquidlogic (828-698-5778) to make arrangements.
5. PAYING BY THE DAY IS NO LONGER AN OPTION. Please don't ask a key holder to let you in -- either buy a key, have a friend drop you off or pick you up, drop off your gear, return to Big Hungry Road, park and walk back, or use the Upper Green put-in.
6. DO NOT PARK IN THE TWO PARKING SPOTS OUTSIDE THE GATE! They are reserved for people fishing and hunting on the Green River gamelands. You stand a good risk of getting ticketed and towed if you park there!

(4/5/2007) Support the Green River Access Fund!
Support convenient access to the Upper Green take-out / Green Narrows put-in: buy an "Operational Schedules Are Determined Daily" bumper sticker for $10! On sale at Diamond Brand Outdoors (both locations) and Rock Creek Outfitters (Down Under and Ocoee locations). All proceeds donated to the Green River Access Fund (765 Crest Road, Flat Rock, NC 28773).
(12/04/2006) News from Katie Hilleke
To the Green River Crew, who has so generously thrown in to help me beat up on cancer:
I wanted to let everyone know that from the bottom of my heart, I am so grateful to everyone for all their help and support. It means the world to me to have so much support coming from the whitewater community, and especially from all my friends on the Green River. I am going to beat this thing soon and get back home to the Green, but the journey is not an easy one to face. Most kayakers I know are experts at staring down challenges and thriving during situations that could paralyze anyone else with fear. They are living examples of the skill and attitude needed to fight cancer and be victorious: determination, courage, a positive attitude, and a willingness to help your friends when the odds are stacked against them. I was blessed to be able to gain some of these skills by watching you all, and they have been vital in fighting this battle.

It is great not to be stressing too much over the medical bills that continue to roll in, but the feeling of love and encouragement that your act of generosity has given me far outweighs the valuable monetary support.

Throughout this journey, I have several times compared having cancer, to running a challenging river. At the "take-out", I am sure I will look back and know that this has been more of a gift than a burden.

Thank you so much for the positive thoughts and encouragement and your extremely generous gift. I send out to all of you lots of love!

I am so proud to be part of this family!

Katie

ps. I will be sporting my Green Race "trophy" from Todd Graph at Chemo on Friday. (I think it must have been for winning the new devision of Fastest Hiker on Chemo) :-). It has lots of good juju from all of you!

pps. The account set up for me by my friend, Vickie Martin, in Alabama is through a church here in Birmingham and is therefor tax deductible. If anyone needs receipts, please email me and I will send you one online.