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<br />SOUTH PLATIE RIVER BASIN <br />as of May 1, 2003 <br /> <br />Mountain Snowpack* (Inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation'" (% of average) <br /> <br />~Current -.-Average <br />___Maximum -+-Mlnlmum <br /> <br />I_Monthly OVaat-to-dale I <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br /> <br />250 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />" . <br />20 '" <br /> . <br />- " <br />c . <br />oS! > <br />. q; <br />~ - <br />15 0 <br />~ - <br />a c <br />w . <br />" u <br />oS! " <br /> . <br />. 10 0. <br />;: <br /> <br />150- <br /> <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />o <br />Jan Fob Mar Apr May Jun <br /> <br />Oct Noy Dee Jan Feb Mar Apt May <br /> <br />'Based 011 selected stations <br /> <br />The South Platte Basin continued to receive good amounts of snowfall through April remove, <br />which drove the accumulation well above the average peak amount. The snowpack at most of the <br />measuring sites has only begun to melt, and the May I measurements are at 109% of average. <br />With a normal melt rate the snowpack could last well into mid-July, which is about a wcek <br />beyond the normal melt-out date. Snow measurements range from 99% of average in the Upper <br />South Platte Watershed, to 121 % of average in the Boulder Crcek Basin. Precipitation during <br />April was 91 % of average, and the water year total is now 109% of average. Reservoirs in the <br />basin are slightly better otfthan last month at 64% of average, which is only 78% of the amount <br />of storage last year at this time. The streamflow forecasts have improved slightly from last <br />month's forecasts. Forecasts range from only 46% of average at the inflow to Antero Reservoir, to <br />104% of average on Boulder Creek near Orodell. <br />