All the downstream indicators are very high, and Winnipesaukee is about 6" over full. That's a lot but nowhere near a no wake point (it was several inches higher at the end of April THIS year).
The Lakeport dam output is at about 1200 CFS, which would drop the the lake roughly 1/2" per day. It would take about 10 days to run off the excess 5". HOWEVER, the predicted rain over the next 10 days is about 3", PLUS any runoff, negating most of the dam's effect. Further, that rain will prevent downstream from dropping their levels and make it concerning to increase the Lakeport output even more.
As long as we keep getting all the rain, like we have been getting over the last month or so, it will be a slow process to drop Winnipesaukee's water level.
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