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YAMPAMJHITE BASIN Jan-00 / <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -2.5 indicates that for Deciember <br />the basin water supplies were below normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that January 1 <br />snowpack is 64% of normal. Flow at the gaging station <br />Yampa River at Steamboat was 106 cfs, as comp-ared to the <br />fong-term average of 100 cfs. <br />Early December continued the abnormally dry fall <br />that is being experienced in the basin. in the middle of <br />December storm tracks finally changed and the area started <br />to receive significant snowfall. For the month, precipitation <br />over the basin was 96% of average. <br />Outlook <br />With storms moving through the basin on a regutar <br />basis since the middle of December, and a resulting :steady <br />increase in snowpack, early concerns of a low snowpack are <br />diminishing. <br />Administrative/Management Concerns <br />None at this time. <br />Public Use Impacts <br />Winter activities are in full swing throughout the <br />region. <br />8