MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Friday, 24 January 2025

Note - This operational forecast is intended for internal use. The official river forecasting agency of the Federal Government is the NWS. The NWS forecast for these locations can be found by clicking the blue hyperlink associated with each gage location. If there are any questions, please call the water control office at 1-(800)432-1208 or (314)331-8342.

Locations Observed Forecast
06:00 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan 28-Jan 29-Jan 30-Jan 31-Jan
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 5.14 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9
Louisiana 12.09 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9
L&D 24 Pool 449.24 449.0 449.0 449.0 449.0 449.0 449.0
L&D 24 TW 14.50 14.7 14.6 14.4 14.3 14.3 14.2
Mosier Landing 35.05 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1
L&D 25 Pool 434.24 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0
L&D 25 TW 14.55 14.8 14.8 14.6 14.5 14.5 14.4
Illinois River
La Grange TW 9.09 9.2 9.1 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.5
Meredosia 4.17 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6
Valley City 3.47 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0
Florence 21.52 21.6 21.5 21.3 21.2 21.1 21.1
Hardin 19.86 20.0 19.9 19.8 19.8 19.8 19.7
Mississippi River
Grafton 15.94 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0
Mel Price Pool 419.42 419.5 419.5 419.5 419.5 419.5 419.5 419.5
Mel Price TW 2.56 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.0
L&D 27 Pool 397.61 398.0 397.9 397.6 397.5 397.3 397.1 397.1
L&D 27 TW 379.43 380.9 380.7 380.2 379.6 379.1 378.7 378.4
St. Louis -2.27 -0.8 -1.0 -1.5 -2.1 -2.6 -3.0 -3.3
Engineers Depot -2.84 -1.4 -1.6 -2.0 -2.6 -3.1 -3.5 -3.9
Jefferson Barracks -6.33 -5.0 -5.0 -5.4 -6.0 -6.5 -7.0 -7.3
Herculaneum -5.37 -4.3 -4.0 -4.3 -4.8 -5.4 -5.9 -6.3
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW 46.71 47.2 48.3 48.3 47.7 47.1 46.5 46.0
Inflow (-1day) 4,410 3,180
Mississippi River
Chester 1.26 1.6 2.9 2.9 2.4 1.7 1.1 0.6
Red Rock Landing 6.96 7.1 8.2 8.4 8.0 7.4 6.8 6.4
Grand Tower 7.11 7.2 8.1 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.0 6.6
Moccasin Springs

59.39

59.3

60.1

60.5

60.3

59.8

59.3

58.9

Cape Girardeau 8.65 8.4 9.0 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.6 8.2
Grays Point 7.67 7.3 7.7 8.0 7.8 7.4 6.9 6.5
Thebes 7.25 6.8 7.1 7.4 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8
Commerce 3.09 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.4 1.9 1.5 1.2
Price Landing -1.48 -2.4 -2.6 -2.9 -3.5 -4.1 -4.4 -4.7
Thompson Landing 13.68 12.6 12.0 11.4 10.6 10.0 9.7 9.5
Birds Point 12.89 11.3 10.1 8.8 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.6
Ohio River
18.07 11.3 15.3 14.0 12.8 12.1 11.9 11.8

OR: Open River conditions and gates are free of the water surfce at the L&D.
Bold & Red:

7-day Observed Fri 01/17 06:00 to Fri 01/24 06:00
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7-day QPF: Fri 01/24 06:00 to Fri 01/31 06:00
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