971  
FGUS56 KRSA 202205  
RVFRN  
 
RUSSIAN AND NAPA RIVER FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA  
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES / SACRAMENTO CA  
205 PM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
NEXT ISSUANCE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2024 AT 9AM PST  
 
FORECASTS THROUGH: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2024 AT 4AM PST  
 
ALL LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS  
 
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RIVER  
LOCATION STAGE FLOW TIME DATE LEAD  
(NWSLI) (FT) (CFS) (PT) (MM/DD/YY) TIME  
-------------------- ------- -------- ---- ---------- ------  
NAVARRO RIVER OBS 6.3 757 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (18)  
NAVARRO >MI 23.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(NVRC1) >MD 30.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 34.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 16.2 5,950 AT 5PM 12/24/24 IN 99 HRS  
 
RUSSIAN RIVER OBS 7.2 1,810 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (18)  
HOPLAND >MI 15.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(HOPC1) >MD 23.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 26.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 14.7 6,590 AT 12PM 12/24/24 IN 94 HRS  
 
RUSSIAN RIVER OBS 4.9 2,980 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (24)  
HEALDSBURG >AS 20.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(HEAC1) >MI 23.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MD 27.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 29.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 13.2 17,500 AT 5PM 12/24/24 IN 99 HRS  
 
RUSSIAN RIVER OBS 13.2 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (24)  
GUERNEVILLE >AS 29.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(GUEC1) >MI 32.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MD 35.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 40.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 21.8 AT 4AM 12/25/24 IN 110 HRS  
 
NAPA RIVER OBS 3.0 135 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (18)  
SAINT HELENA >AS 16.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(SHEC1) >MI 18.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MD 20.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 22.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 9.0 2,360 AT 12PM 12/24/24 IN 94 HRS  
 
NAPA RIVER OBS 5.6 405 AT 1PM 12/20/24 (24)  
NAPA >AS 22.0 NOT EXPECTED  
(APCC1) >MI 25.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MD 26.0 NOT EXPECTED  
>MJ 28.0 NOT EXPECTED  
MAX 14.9 4,320 AT 3PM 12/24/24 IN 97 HRS  
 
DEFINITIONS:  
OBS MOST RECENT OBSERVATION (MAY BE ESTIMATED)  
AS ACTION/MONITOR STAGE  
MI MINOR FLOOD STAGE  
MD MODERATE FLOOD STAGE  
MJ MAJOR FLOOD STAGE  
MAX MAXIMUM FORECAST WITHIN PERIOD  
LEAD TIME FORECASTS WITHIN THIS PERIOD (HOURS) ARE CONSIDERED  
RELIABLE ENOUGH TO INITIATE PHYSICAL MITIGATION EFFORTS.  
 
* EVENT EXCEEDS AS/MI/MD/MJ WITHIN LEAD TIME PERIOD  
 
SIM 12/20/2024 @ 2156 UTC  
 
NOTE: ALL TIMES IN SHEF ENCODED MESSAGES BELOW ARE UTC  
 
.A NVRC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 6.3  
.ER NVRC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 6.2/ 6.2/ 6.2/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.0/ 6.0/  
.ER2 6.0/ 6.0/ 6.0/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/  
.ER3 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 6.0/ 6.2/ 6.4/ 6.6/ 6.8/ 6.9/ 7.0/  
.ER4 7.1/ 7.2/ 7.1/ 7.1/ 7.1/ 7.0/ 7.0/ 6.9/ 6.9/ 6.9/  
.ER5 6.8/ 6.8/ 6.7/ 6.7/ 6.6/ 6.6/ 6.6/ 6.5/ 6.5/ 6.4/  
.ER6 6.4/ 6.4/ 6.4/ 6.3/ 6.4/ 6.4/ 6.5/ 6.6/ 6.8/ 7.1/  
.ER7 7.5/ 7.9/ 8.3/ 8.7/ 9.0/ 9.3/ 9.4/ 9.4/ 9.4/ 9.3/  
.ER8 9.3/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.2/ 9.3/ 9.3/  
.ER9 9.4/ 9.5/ 9.6/ 9.8/ 10.0/ 10.3/ 10.9/ 11.4/ 12.4/ 13.0/  
.ER10 13.8/ 14.5/ 15.1/ 15.5/ 15.8/ 16.0/ 16.1/ 16.2/ 16.2/ 16.2/  
.ER11 16.1/ 15.9/ 15.8/ 15.5/ 15.3/ 15.1/ 14.9/ 14.7/ 14.5/ 14.3/  
 
.A HOPC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 7.2  
.ER HOPC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 7.0/ 6.6/ 6.1/ 5.5/ 4.9/ 4.4/ 4.1/ 3.9/ 3.6/ 3.4/  
.ER2 3.2/ 3.1/ 3.0/ 2.9/ 2.8/ 2.7/ 2.7/ 2.6/ 2.6/ 2.7/  
.ER3 3.3/ 4.1/ 4.6/ 4.9/ 5.3/ 5.8/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.0/ 5.8/  
.ER4 5.6/ 5.4/ 5.3/ 5.1/ 5.0/ 4.9/ 4.8/ 4.6/ 4.5/ 4.4/  
.ER5 4.3/ 4.2/ 4.1/ 4.1/ 4.0/ 3.9/ 3.8/ 3.8/ 3.7/ 3.7/  
.ER6 3.6/ 3.6/ 3.6/ 4.0/ 4.8/ 5.6/ 6.4/ 7.2/ 7.8/ 8.1/  
.ER7 8.3/ 8.4/ 8.3/ 8.1/ 7.9/ 7.8/ 7.6/ 7.5/ 7.3/ 7.3/  
.ER8 7.2/ 7.2/ 7.2/ 7.2/ 7.2/ 7.3/ 7.4/ 7.7/ 8.0/ 8.2/  
.ER9 8.5/ 9.0/ 9.6/ 10.6/ 11.5/ 12.5/ 13.2/ 13.7/ 13.9/ 14.2/  
.ER10 14.4/ 14.6/ 14.7/ 14.7/ 14.7/ 14.6/ 14.4/ 14.2/ 13.9/ 13.6/  
.ER11 13.4/ 13.1/ 12.9/ 12.5/ 12.1/ 11.7/ 11.4/ 11.1/ 10.9/ 10.8/  
 
.A HEAC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 4.9  
.ER HEAC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 4.9/ 4.9/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 5.0/  
.ER2 5.0/ 5.0/ 4.9/ 4.9/ 4.9/ 4.9/ 4.8/ 4.8/ 4.7/ 4.6/  
.ER3 4.6/ 4.6/ 4.6/ 4.7/ 4.7/ 4.8/ 4.8/ 4.9/ 4.9/ 5.0/  
.ER4 5.1/ 5.2/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.2/ 5.2/  
.ER5 5.2/ 5.2/ 5.2/ 5.1/ 5.1/ 5.1/ 5.0/ 5.0/ 4.9/ 4.8/  
.ER6 4.8/ 4.7/ 4.7/ 4.7/ 4.6/ 4.6/ 4.7/ 4.7/ 4.9/ 5.1/  
.ER7 5.3/ 5.4/ 5.6/ 5.7/ 5.8/ 5.9/ 6.1/ 6.3/ 6.4/ 6.5/  
.ER8 6.6/ 6.7/ 6.7/ 6.8/ 6.8/ 6.8/ 6.7/ 6.7/ 6.7/ 6.7/  
.ER9 6.7/ 6.8/ 6.9/ 7.1/ 7.4/ 7.7/ 8.1/ 8.5/ 9.1/ 9.6/  
.ER10 10.1/ 10.7/ 11.3/ 11.8/ 12.2/ 12.6/ 12.9/ 13.1/ 13.2/ 13.2/  
.ER11 13.1/ 13.1/ 13.0/ 12.8/ 12.7/ 12.5/ 12.3/ 12.1/ 11.9/ 11.7/  
 
.A GUEC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 13.2  
.ER GUEC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 13.2/ 13.2/ 13.2/ 13.1/ 13.0/ 12.9/ 12.8/ 12.7/ 12.6/ 12.4/  
.ER2 12.3/ 12.1/ 11.9/ 11.7/ 11.5/ 11.4/ 11.2/ 11.0/ 10.9/ 10.7/  
.ER3 10.6/ 10.5/ 10.4/ 10.3/ 10.2/ 10.1/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 9.9/ 9.9/  
.ER4 9.9/ 9.9/ 9.9/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 10.1/ 10.1/ 10.1/  
.ER5 10.2/ 10.2/ 10.2/ 10.2/ 10.2/ 10.1/ 10.1/ 10.1/ 10.1/ 10.0/  
.ER6 10.0/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 9.9/ 9.9/ 9.9/ 9.8/ 9.8/ 9.8/ 9.8/  
.ER7 9.9/ 9.9/ 10.0/ 10.0/ 10.1/ 10.2/ 10.4/ 10.5/ 10.7/ 10.9/  
.ER8 11.0/ 11.1/ 11.3/ 11.4/ 11.5/ 11.7/ 11.8/ 11.9/ 12.0/ 12.1/  
.ER9 12.2/ 12.3/ 12.4/ 12.5/ 12.6/ 12.7/ 12.8/ 12.9/ 13.0/ 13.1/  
.ER10 13.4/ 13.6/ 13.9/ 14.2/ 14.6/ 15.0/ 15.5/ 15.8/ 16.5/ 17.1/  
.ER11 17.6/ 18.2/ 18.9/ 19.4/ 19.9/ 20.4/ 20.9/ 21.2/ 21.6/ 21.8/  
 
.A SHEC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 3.0  
.ER SHEC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/  
.ER2 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.0/  
.ER3 3.0/ 3.0/ 3.1/ 3.5/ 4.0/ 4.3/ 4.4/ 4.3/ 4.3/ 4.2/  
.ER4 4.2/ 4.1/ 4.0/ 4.0/ 3.9/ 3.9/ 3.8/ 3.8/ 3.8/ 3.7/  
.ER5 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/  
.ER6 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.7/ 3.8/ 4.0/ 4.5/ 5.0/ 5.2/ 5.3/ 5.3/  
.ER7 5.1/ 5.0/ 4.8/ 4.8/ 4.7/ 4.7/ 4.6/ 4.6/ 4.5/ 4.5/  
.ER8 4.5/ 4.4/ 4.4/ 4.4/ 4.4/ 4.4/ 4.4/ 4.5/ 4.7/ 4.9/  
.ER9 5.0/ 5.1/ 5.3/ 5.6/ 6.0/ 6.4/ 6.7/ 6.9/ 7.2/ 7.7/  
.ER10 8.1/ 8.6/ 8.8/ 9.0/ 8.8/ 8.3/ 7.9/ 7.6/ 7.3/ 7.2/  
.ER11 7.0/ 6.9/ 6.7/ 6.5/ 6.4/ 6.2/ 6.1/ 6.0/ 5.9/ 5.8/  
 
.A APCC1 20241220 Z DH21/HG 5.6  
.ER APCC1 20241220 Z DH23/DC202412202156/DUE/HGIFE/DIH01  
.ER1 5.6/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.5/ 5.4/ 5.4/  
.ER2 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/  
.ER3 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.4/ 5.3/ 5.3/ 5.4/  
.ER4 5.6/ 5.8/ 5.9/ 6.0/ 6.0/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/ 6.1/  
.ER5 6.1/ 6.0/ 6.0/ 6.0/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.9/ 5.8/ 5.8/  
.ER6 5.8/ 5.8/ 5.8/ 5.8/ 5.8/ 6.0/ 6.3/ 6.6/ 7.0/ 7.3/  
.ER7 7.6/ 7.8/ 7.9/ 7.9/ 7.9/ 7.9/ 7.8/ 7.7/ 7.7/ 7.6/  
.ER8 7.5/ 7.3/ 7.3/ 7.2/ 7.1/ 7.1/ 7.1/ 7.0/ 7.1/ 7.1/  
.ER9 7.2/ 7.4/ 7.6/ 7.9/ 8.2/ 8.7/ 9.3/ 10.0/ 10.5/ 11.0/  
.ER10 11.6/ 12.2/ 12.9/ 13.6/ 14.3/ 14.7/ 14.9/ 14.8/ 14.5/ 14.0/  
.ER11 13.5/ 13.2/ 12.9/ 12.5/ 12.2/ 11.8/ 11.5/ 11.3/ 11.0/ 10.8/  
 
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