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0021'12 fl, Januarv 7, 1985 WI"n:R SlJl'l'L Y 01lTLOOl{ "Olt COLOlt.\'!)O 1Ih'D NEW 1>lEXl C Januarv 1, 1985 '(J. Reoort Released by ~ ~~~f.11 Sheldon G. ~oone, State Conservationist v4 ~{/~ Reoort l'reoaretl bV /11 J ' . Garrv Schaefer, Snow Survey Suoervisor C Cq~ -1/985 'rJ ~i~e Gillesoie, Assistant Snow Survey superv~r.~~1DO USD.\ So11 Conservation Service ' !0l';. W1lj 2490 West 26th -'venue 0'11 eO~~ Denver, Colorado ~~D STATEWIDE ASSESS~NT Statewitle Outloo~ Colorado: Heavy anows durin~ October lar~elv led to above avera~e snowoac~ 1IIl!88ured the last weelt of Decelllber. Bil!h elevation snowoac~ is current Iv 134 percent of svera~e statewide, but only 70 percent of the record settin~ oace set lsst year. The hi~hest snowoaclt occurs in the Gunnison River Basin at 55 oercent above avera~e. This is 70 oercent of lsst year. The deeoest snow is at Red ~ountain Pass in the San Juan ~ountains at 72 inches deep and contains 18.7 inches of water for 141 oercent of avera~e. The lowest basin snowoac~ is alon~ the front ran~e. The South Pl~tt~ B~e!n ~~9 e 9no~ec~ ~tqtt8tic of 119 oercent of avera~e, and the Ar~ansas Basin has 120 percent of avera~e. Expected streamflow volullles around the state can anticioate not1llal to above not1llal flows. No shorta~es are anticioated, but with about 60 oercent of the lllaXi1llUlll snowoaclt yet to c~e the outloo~ could chan~e si~ificantlv. Statwitle reservoir index is 181 percent of avera~e. Thia is 11 oercent hi~her then last vear at this ti~. This should insure that no shorta~es would exist if below not1llal orecioitation would occur over the next several 1ll0nths. Soil ~isture ran~es from fsir to ~ood in all areas. The 30 day outloo~ for Colorado issued bv the National Weather Service, calls for below normal precipitation and above nOr1llal tellloeratures for Januarv. Statewide Outloo~ New ~exico: The statewide snoVDac~ statistics for the northern 1llOuntains of New ~exico are 45 percent above avera~e cOlllpared to 78 Percent of last year. Low elevation orecioitation is well above avera~e. Nearlv three ti~s the not1llal fell durin~ the 1llOnth of December at El Rito and Jemez Sorin~s, ~ile onlv 94 percent of avera~e was recorded at Cuba. All seasonal totals are above avera~e with the exception of Pecos. All streamflow volullles are exoected to have avera~e to IIUch above avera~e flows durin~ the sorin~ and summer if not1llal orecioitation occurs the rest of the winter. -Reservoir stora~e is 300 percent of avera~e, 23 percent above last vear. Soil 1llOisture ~enerallv is reoorted ~ood in 1llOst areas.