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<br />ARKANSAS BASIN -- Continued <br /> <br />average. ~everal snow couu.,s in the ~angre u" Cristo. <br />continued at record leveh for F..brua.ry I, Including <br />Fr..mont 1'&"1 InOW c"uUe north 01 Leadvlll.. .nd I'orphyry <br />Cr....k west of :Oaltda. lIaslnwlde alaOUnt8 are now It>! <br />p..rc..nt ot ..vera.ge ..nd 22'1 po>rc..nt 01 Ian year.st thi. <br />tl""'. <br /> <br />lIe."rvolr <br />b..sln lakes. <br /> <br />Uor.ge continues w,,1I ..bove <br />V"lu..... tn .tor..g.. are now <br /> <br />.v..rag....t all <br />Jb}per.ent of <br /> <br />av..r.g... <br /> <br />MISSOURI BASIN <br /> <br />IHth. "",st of the' MIsllourl ballln r..c..lvlng !>elo.. <br />avetsg.. precipltstlon during January. most lorec.."t" c.11 <br />for f10W1l to be lells than for"c..st on Janu.ry l. The <br />PI..tte Basin 15 ntll foreeau to have above averag.. <br />flows, wherea" the re....tnd..r of the baa In c.n ..xpect <br />av"raltetoallghtly b<>lowaverage flows. <br /> <br />The hlghel..vation snowpack rang"" frollabov.....v...rag... <br />1n the .ourhernp..rt of the !>.aaln lo belowav...r.ge n....r <br />the Canadian border. Th.. South PI.tte 8adn ellperte"ced <br />the biggest percentage decrease in&nowpack InColor.do. <br />Therethesnowp.c1<.verage. !38 percent of .ver.ge, duwn <br />tro.. 212 percent of .veug.. Ian ...nth. 1n lIyoaing. the <br />high el..vstIon II.nowp.ck 111 11'1 perc..nt of average In the <br />~urlh Plane lIasln and between !:IV percent and 9~ percent <br />of average In the re...lnd..r 01 the at..te. Th.. high <br />..Ievartonllnowpack In!iontana r&nl'oell. fro.. 10'1 per.ent to <br />!:II percentof..v"rage. <br /> <br />1'1081 of the Mtssoud Baaln r..celved below aver..ge <br />predpll..tlondur1ng the ...nth of January. Pto!dplt.tion <br />ranged fro.. 247 ""Tc"nt of averag...at Rlvenon, ;;YOIling, <br />to 0 percent..t Card_II. Mont.na; Dur.pr..... and Custer. <br />Southl>skota. Central and Northern last..rn Monta....., [toe <br />lIind Riv..r BuIn In Wyolling, ..nd th..l:..astern Plalna of <br />Colorado all r"cetved eve rag.. to ..uch above aver..g.. <br />predplt.tion In contr.st to the r...llt uf the badn. <br /> <br />1n g..ner.l. !IOU at rea.... tn th.. 1I1<'lI.our1 8..sin c.n <br />..lIpect alightlybelo... to below IIverall" runoff, except for <br />the Platt.. ll.dn whIch ta for..c..st to have ...ch above <br />..ver..g" runoff. Mon forecsu points In the Mi..s""rI <br />8.sin sr" forec...t to hav.. bet...""n 7V I"'r"..nt and luO <br />percent of average runoff. ForecelH. for Ur........ In the <br />'tellowaton...BednCII.II for flows to be betw.....n60 perc..nt <br />and lOll pere..nt of averag... Flo..... In the North Platle <br />8asln ar.. expect..d to range fru. 13U per.ent to IUb <br />p..rcent of olivera",... The South Piau... abov.. South PI.u.., <br />Colorado I.. for..c.u to h..ve about 120 pete"nt ot .verag.. <br />Aprtl-Sept...ber tunoti in conlrast to the re....lnder 01 <br />the bedn which Cdn e"peel about 13~ perc..nl of averal!t.. <br />anow....1I str..a..flow. <br /> <br />R..&..rvolr II.tor..g..s In the S""th PI.tte 8adn III ll} <br />p..rcent of a.....r.g... (ncontr.st. r"s..rvolr tnthe"'orth <br />P1slte IIsdn II 1~9 p....cent of averag.... 80th Iloylen and <br />lIuffalo 8ill Ileservoin contain al1ghtly .bove average <br />water. Lt.... Clark Canyon, GIbson, tlber. and llIllhorn <br />R.II..tvolr. .nd ~k.. Sh..rburne cont..in ..bove .verage <br />..tor..g... "'ehon. Fre.sno. .nd To"llu" Res"rvoira ..11 <br />cont.in below .verage "ateI' for thl. tl"", of the ye.r. <br /> <br />ALASKA <br /> <br />JiMt of Alask.. rec..l...ed heavy snowt.ll durlnll <br />J.nu.ry. Thl.. greuly offseu the ...ery dry .,nth. of <br />hove.ber .nd Dec"lIber. Snowpaclc. 10 the south central <br />rrgion 18 1IOst1y near .venge for F..bruary I. It <br />dl..tnll1hes, pre.entage wi".., In th.. Interior. OO_ve, , <br />which III .tlll 20 to 30 I"'rcent belo.. .verag... <br /> <br />MOUNTAIN SNOWPACIt <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />[" <br /> <br />-~ <br />~,>-.5~J <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1\1I,,-,,_.... <br /> <br />1!IlI--.......--.. <br /> <br />- .......-.. <br /> <br />."".-..-- <br /> <br />0....._ <br /> <br /> <br />_...~'". <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />~ ' <br />,~, <br />'~'\"'~ ~.,: ! <br />-- . . <br />. : (" 1. i <br />.. l :. F . <br />..."'....- """'l::.. . J <br />-.._u...L.;-....r----- <br /> <br />PAST MONTHS PI1ECIPITATION <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />r-- ~ ...--- <br /> <br />I ~I ~:::= <br /> <br />~4"__ ".~ 11I---..- <br />] < ""',,_.... <br /> <br /> <br />( ,0 f <br /><----.-'~---.....t ' <br />, I -1.. <br />I f'...4 ' <br />\ l~! <br />'it " iO:, <br />~'" /"--i' <br />'l ' <br />- ' I <br />':,.{ , <br />-- '. <br />-" .,~~ <br /> <br />, <br />