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-2- reservoir storage for Colorado below Kersey are mostly empty. Figures 8 and 9 show that reservoir storage for Colorado above Kersey are also still recovering. Snow Pack Statewide snow pack for Colorado as of November 6, 2006 is shown in Figure 10. Overall snow pack for Colorado is 157 percent of average with the South Platte basin at 171 percent of average. This figure demonstrates how the good precipitation in October has affected the State. However, extreme caution should be used with regard to this data because October is only the first of the seven months of the peak snowfall season. Climate forecasters have suggested that this will be an El Nino year with above average precipitation in the fall and spring. Hopefully, these predictions will pan out. III. SiTMMARY Unfortunately, the South Platte reservoirs in the lower part of Colorado are below average; however, the upper basin reservoirs are in slightly better shape. Long-term forecasts have suggested a wet fall and wet spring. These weather conditions and releases from storage may help relieve the stresses of drought in Nebraska in the next year, but it is too early to tell whether there will be any significant recovery in the spring or summer of next year. INTERNET REFERENCES • Colorado Stream Flow Data - htlp:Hdwr.state.co.us/hydrology/flow search.asp • Surface Water Supply Index - http://www.co.nres.usda.gov/snow • Snow Pack - htip://www.co.nrcs.usda.gov/snow • Snow Water Equivalent - http://www.co.nres.usda.gov/snow • Reservoir Storage - http://www.co.nres.usda.gov/snow • Stream Flow Forecast - http://www.co.nres.usda.gov/snow Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection • Conservation Plazuwtg