I have used the NOAA long range Climate Prediction Center for a long time to estimate commodity procurement pricing, inventory, and logistical probabilities. It also is a good indicator for water levels in the lakes and flow levels in the rivers. Considering the current lake levels we will likely be looking at low water for at least the next year. However, next summer could be a real disaster for the rivers themselves unless we get a major hurricane or similar "out of the bell curve" sort of event.


The following is only for the next month but it is pretty much the same story for the following year. Weather patterns tend to be long term. The drought that South Texas had for the last two years is apparently shifting to the north. AGFC should shore up it's rights to their portion of the pool and use it accordingly.


