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<br />Unregulated inflow in water year 2003 was only 53 percent of average. Unregulated inflow in 2000, <br />2001 and 2002 was 62, 59, and 25 percent of average, respectively. Inflow in 2002 was the lowest <br />ever observed since the completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. <br /> <br />Inflow to Lake Powell in March and April approached average levels as abnormally warm <br />temperatures melted out significant amounts of snow in the basin. Unregulated inflow in March was <br />538,000 acre-feet, 81 percent of average. April unregulated inflow was 816,000 acre-feet, 83 <br />percent of average. Unfortunately the inflows seen in March an April will be at the expense of May <br />and June inflows (when the largest inflow volumes are normally observed). As of May 6,2004 <br />inflow to Lake Powell is 9,600 cfs about 45 percent of what is normally seen in early May. <br /> <br />Low inflows the past 5 years have reduced water storage in Lake Powell. The current elevation (as <br />of May 7, 2004) of Lake Powell is 3,583 feet (117 feet from full pool). Current storage is 10.2 <br />million acre-feet (42 percent oflive capacity). <br /> <br />The water surface elevation of Lake Powell has reached its seasonal low. The water surface <br />elevation will increase incrementally in May and June, likely reaching a high of about 3,589 feet in <br />mid-June. By late June the water surface elevation will likely begin to decrease. It's almost certain <br />that Lake Powell will remain below elevation 3,600 feet in 2004. Under the current inflow forecast, <br />the water surface elevation of Lake Powell is projected to be 3,571 feet on January 1,2005. It <br />should be noted that this projected elevation will likely shift, depending upon weather patterns the <br />remainder of the year. <br />