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<br />UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br />as of April 1, 2000 <br /> <br />Mountain Snow pack" (inches) <br /> <br />I~current -'-Average l <br />,____Maximum __Minimum i <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br /> <br /> 20 <br />.5 <br />.- <br />c 15 <br />.. <br />OJ <br />.~ <br />::I <br />CT <br />W <br />.. 10 <br />.. <br />... <br />.. <br />== <br /> 5 <br /> <br />o <br />Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun <br /> <br />"'Based on selected stations <br /> <br /> 160- <br /> 140- <br /> 120 <br />.. <br />'" <br />.. 100 <br />.. <br />.. <br />> <br />C( <br />- 80 <br />0 <br />... <br />c <br />.. <br />u 60 <br />.. <br />.. <br />D. <br /> 40 <br /> 20 <br /> <br />Precipitation' (% of average) <br /> <br />[_Monthly DYear-lo-date l <br /> <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Oct Nov Dee Jan Feb Mar Apr May <br /> <br />March was the third consecutive month that snowfall was above average in the mountains of the <br />Upper Colorado Basin. The snowpack accumulation was boosted to 97% of average on April 1, <br />which is 3% of average more than last month. There is 29% more snow in the basin than last year <br />at this time. The snowpack percentages are variable throughout the basin ranging from only 87% <br />of average in the Plateau Creek Watershed, to 120% of average in the Willow Creek Watershed. <br />Precipitation in the basin was 99% of average during March, and the total precipitation for the <br />water year is now at 91 % of average. The combined reservoir storage volume in the basin <br />remains very good on April 1 at 135% of average, which is about the same as last year's April 1 <br />storage. Nearly all of the streamflow forecasts for this runoff season remain near average. The <br />lowest forecast in the basin is for the Roaring Fork at G1enwood Springs, which is only 89% of <br />average, while the highest forecast is 108% of average at the inflow to Willow Creek Reservoir. <br />