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2. Forecast of Stream Flow The April 1, 1995 forecast of inflow to Lake Powell by the National Weather Service, Department of Commerce, for April-July was estimated to be 8,300,000acre-feet' The unregulated inflow to Lake Powell for the period April-July 1995 amounted to 11,747,000acre-feee, which was about 145 percent of the 30-year (1963-19901 average flow. During the April-July 1995 period, changes in storage in Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs including Lake Powell resulted in an overall increase of 4,538,000 acre-feet, with 538,000 acre-feet of evaporation and a 81 9,200 acre-foot increase in bank storage3. Actual regulated inflow to Lake Powell for the period April-July 1995 was 10,533,000 acre-feet. For the period October 1, 1994through September 30, 1995, the change in reservoir storage, excluding bank storage and evaporation, at selected reservoirs above Lake Powell was: Fontenelle increased 66,000 acre-feet; Flaming Gorge increased 601,000 acre-feet; Taylor Park decreased 3,000 acre-feet; Blue Mesa increased 168,000 acre-feet; Morrow Point decreased 1,000 acre-feet; Crystal increased 1,000 acre-feet; and Navajo decreased 155,000 acre-feet. The virgin flow4 of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry5 for the 1995 water year amounted to 20,819,000acre-feet6. 'Including water to be stored upstream in other Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs. 2Adjusted for upstream regulation and depletions. 31ncludes Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River. 'Virgin flow is the estimated flow of the stream if it were in its natural state and unaffected by the activities of man. 5Lee Ferry, Arizona is the division point between the upper and lower basins of the Colorado River as defined in the Colorado River Compact. It is located about one mile downstream from the mouth of the Paria River and about 16 miles downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. "Based on Provisional records subject to revision. 9