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4 ~ 2 The !Asy 1st reading on Utah Lake was 3.89 feet above compromise. This is a rise of 0.49 feet since April 1st and is 1.19 feet higher than a year ago at this time. Inflow to Utah Lake during April was 183,400 acre-feet, 245 percent of normal. April outflow was 100,200 acre-feet, almost six times normal. Utah Lake is expected to rise to a level 5.00 to 6.00 feet above compromise late this Spring. SOUTHERN UTAH: Water supply forecasts in southern Utah remain well above normal, ranging from 120% in Coal Creek near Cedar City to 800% on the lower Sevier between Sigurd and Gunnison. The Virgin River basin is the exception, where forecasts were below normal. April precipitation on the Beaver and lower Sevier basin was well above normal, while the Virgin and upper Sevier basins were well below normal. Hatch reported only 14 percent. On the other hand the area from ~Mnersville north to Kanosh and Fillmore that has been hit hard with precipitation all winter received abundant amounts again in April. Minersville reported 240 percent of normal, Kanosh, 247 percent and Fillmore, 231 percent. Seasonal precipitation, October thru April. follows the same pattern as the monthly. The Virgin and upper Sevier basin has below normal precipitation, while the Beaver and lower Sevier drainages received above normal amounts. The Minersville to Fillmore, Kanosh areas reported 175 to 200 percent of normal. Snow measurements on !Asy 1 remain above normal with the exception of the Virgin River basin. Some average basin snowpacks include: Upper Sevier - 131%; Lower Sevier - 226%; Beaver - 177%; and Virgin River Basin - 73%. April runoff continues to be well above normal with flow on the Sevier at Hatch _ 114% of normal; inflow Sigurd to Gunnison - 816%; Sevier River at Gur~ison - 656%; Sevier River at Kingston - 277%; East Fork of Sev~er at Kingston - 297% and the Beaver River at Beaver - 172%. Reservoir storage in the Sevier Basin is slightly lower than April 1st, but remains well above normal with the combined contents of Otter Creek, Piute and Sevier Bridge Reservoirs at 89% of capacity and 148% of the May 1 average. Flood potential remains very high particularly ill the San Pitch, lower Sevier and Beaver basins. If abnormal spring rains or warm temperatures should materialize, flooding could be more wide spread in low lying areas. EASTERN UTAH: Water supply outlook is for above normal streamflows during this ye~rs snowmelt. Forecasts ranged 114 to 188% in the Duchesne basin to greater than 200 percent for drainages along the east slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. Flood potential varies in eastern Utah, but is the highest in Huntington, Price, San Rafael drainages.