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<br />ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br />as of lVIarch 1, 2004 <br /> <br />M ou ntain Snow pack* (inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation* (% of average) <br /> <br />. -*-Current --A--Average <br /> <br />___r.laximum -+--t.linimum . <br /> <br />'_Monthly E1Year-to-date - <br /> <br /> 18 <br /> 16 <br /> 14 <br />I: 12 <br />,.j <br />I: <br />Q <br />m 10 <br />.~ <br />:J <br />C" 8 <br />UJ <br />... <br />Gl <br />- <br />I\J 6 <br />3: <br /> 4 <br /> 2 <br /> 0 <br /> Jan Feb t;ilar Apr tv1 a y <br /> <br /> <br /> 120 <br /> 100 <br />(I) <br />C) 80 <br />IV <br />... <br />Q <br />> <br /><t <br />- 60 <br />0 <br />- <br />I: <br />Q <br />U <br />... <br />(I) 40 <br />Q. <br /> 20 <br /> <br /> <br />O. <br />Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May <br /> <br />*Based on selected stations <br /> <br />February was another good month of snow accumulation in the Arkansas Basin. Regular snowfall <br />throughout the month has driven the snowpack measurements from only 76% of average last <br />month, to 90% of average on IvIarch 1. The most dramatic increase was in the Purgatorie <br />\Vatershed, where snovvpack measurements went from only 75% of average last month, to 99% of <br />average on :N'Iarch 1. The Upper ..-'\kansas remains the watershed with the lowest percent of <br />average in the basin at only 82% of average. The precipitation during February was a whopping <br />112% of average~ which was the largest monthly accumulation this water year. The water year <br />total is now at 84% of average. The improved sno\v]Jack must be great news for many reservoir <br />operators~ as the combined reservoir storage remains at only 53% of average. \Vith the improved <br />snowpack conditions~ the streamflow forecasts have also improved, but most remain well below <br />average. Forecasts range from 77% of average in the Cucharas River near La Veta, to 93% of <br />average at the Inflow to Trinidad Lake. <br />