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<br /> Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico Page 5
<br /> YA PA, W I TE A N0 NORTH PLA T TEr RIVER
<br /> WATERSHEDS IN COLORADO
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<br /> °s SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
<br /> W i Q M 1 I N V L (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
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<br /> • o ® CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
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<br /> A Forecast Point
<br /> • Snow Course NORTH PLATTE BASIN
<br /> G A R F t E L D ! SNOTEL Site
<br /> I S STREAMFLOW FORECASTS Laramie River
<br /> Percent of 1961-8OAverage
<br /> Over 130% Deadman Hill 3/1 45 12.5E 16.7E 13.4
<br /> ® 110-13096 McIntyre NS
<br /> Q 90-110% Roach 2/24 54 12.9 18.0 15.4
<br /> EM 70- 90% North Platte River
<br /> to o to zo ao ® Under 70%
<br /> SCALE IN MILES Cameron Pass 2/27 67 22.5 27.0 23.1
<br /> Columbine Lodge 2/25 59 18.3 22.3 20.7
<br /> Northgate 2/28 23 4.5 6.3 5.6
<br /> Park View 2/28. 37 7.5 9.1 7.8
<br /> Willow Cr. Pass (B) 2/28 47 10.6 12.6 10.7
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY YAMPA BASIN
<br /> Elk River
<br /> SLIGHT DECREASES IN PERCENT OF AVERAGE SNOWPACK HAS "OCCURRED IN Elk River 2/26 51 14.0 17.2 16.1
<br /> Hahn's Peak 2/26 43 10.6 14.1 13.5" ALL THREE BASINS DURING FEBRUARY. THE GREATEST DECREASE WAS IN •
<br /> White River
<br /> THE YAMPA BASIN WHICH DROPPED TO 95% OF AVERAGE! STREAMFLOW
<br /> FORECASTS ARE FOR NEAR AVERAGE, TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE FLOWS Burro Mountain 2/26 53 15.6 18.5 14.7
<br /> Rio Blanco 2/27 44 12.8 14.5 13.0
<br /> THIS YEAR. THE WHITE RIVER NEAR MEEKER IS FORECAST AT 6o ABOVE
<br /> Yampa River
<br /> AVERAGE, A VOLUME FLOW OF 323 THOUSAND ACRE FEET. THE DEEPEST.
<br /> Bear River DISC NTINUE
<br /> SNOWPACK IN COLORADO WAS MEASURED AGAIN AT TOWER ON BUFFALO Columbine (B) 2/25 59 18.3 22.3 20.7
<br /> PASS WITH A DEPTH OF 107 INCHES AND A WATER EQUIVALENT OF 41.4 Crosho NOT CHEDUL D
<br /> INCHES .ES . Dry Lake
<br /> 2/27 58 18.0 23.6 17.8
<br /> -- - Lynx Pa
<br /> " Rabbit Ears �T25 41- 9.3- 1.5 10.7
<br /> Tower 2/25 64 21.1 28.9 21.8
<br /> 2/27 107 41.4 51.2 41.2
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) April - September Yampa View 2/25 45 12.1 18.0 13.5
<br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast %of Average 1961-80
<br /> Average
<br /> Elk River at Clark 197 95 207.2
<br /> Laramie River near Woods 116 88 132.0
<br /> Little Snake River at Lily 357 100 356.8
<br /> North Platte River at Northgate 236 90 262.0
<br /> White River near Meeker 323 106 304.2
<br /> White River above Rangley 327 101 324.0
<br /> Yampa :liver near Maybell 908 95 956.0
<br /> Yampa River at Steamboat Springs 273 96 284.2
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<br /> (B)-On adjacent drainage.
<br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK EKpressed as-Poor, Fair.Average.Ex.
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