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<br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br />as of March 1, 2003 <br /> <br />Mountain Snow pack. (Inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation. (OJ. of average) <br /> <br />---*-Current _____Average <br />_Maximum -+-Minimum <br /> <br />I_Monthly DYear-(o-dale I <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br /> <br />140 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 25 <br />.E 20 <br />-' <br />c <br />.!! <br />. <br />.~ 15 <br />, <br />.,. <br />w <br />, <br />. <br />- <br />. 10 <br />;: <br /> 5 <br /> <br />120 <br /> <br />Gl 100 <br />0> <br />. <br />, <br />. <br />> 80. <br /><( <br /> <br />- <br />o <br /> <br />60 <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />c <br />. <br />u <br />" <br />. <br />.. <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />o <br />Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun <br /> <br />o. <br /> <br />Oct Nav Dee Jan Feb Mar Apr May <br /> <br />.Based on selected stations <br /> <br />Thc snowpack mcasurcmcnt in thc South Plattc Basin has takcn a rcmarkablc rcbound aftcr <br />dropping to only 63% of avcragc on Fcbruary I, thc mcasurcmcnts havc incrcascd to 79% of <br />avcragc on March L Ifthc accumulation during March is as plcntiful as during Fcbruary, <br />snowpack measuremcnts could bc near 90% of averagc by April I. Measurcmcnts arc highly <br />variable throughout thc basin, ranging from only 70% of avcragc in thc Saint Vrain Watcrshed, to <br />96% of averagc in thc Clcar Creck Watershcd. Precipitation during Fcbruary was thc highcst <br />monthly measurement this watcr year, at 130% of averagc. Thc water year total is now 89% of <br />average. Rcservoirs in thc basin remain cxtrcmely low for this timc of year, at only 54% of <br />averagc storagc. Thcrc is only 66% of thc amount of storage thcre was last ycar at this time. <br />Unfortunatcly, dcspite the additional snow during February, thc forccastcd nll10ffhas not changed <br />significantly from last months'. Forccasts rangc trom only 35% of average at the inllow to Antero <br />Reservoir, to 76% of averagc on Boulder Creek near Orodel!. <br />