PIERRE — Run-off into the Missouri River is still below normal but officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers say runoff will be slightly higher than expected. Corps hydrologist Ryan Larsen says the forecasted run-off was boosted this month to 18-point-three million acre feet, or 71-percent of average, which would be the 25th driest on record…
The Corps Mike Swenson says the reservoir system has gained about a million acre feet since April…
The Oahe reservoir is expected to rise only another foot this year…
Officials with the National Weather Service on the Corps monthly run-off update call expect drought conditions to expand across the Missouri River basin despite recent weeks of rain.
