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<br /> <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN <br />as of April 1, 2003 <br /> <br />Mountain Snowpack* (inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation* (% of average) <br /> <br />-*-Current -,lit-Average <br />___Maximum -+-Minimum <br /> <br />,I_MonthlY IiiIYear-to-date I <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br /> <br />250 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />,5 .. <br />20 Cl <br />.,.t, E <br />r: ~ <br />.. <br />"iij". ... <br />> 15 0 <br />'S - <br />tl' r: <br />w .. <br />'- u <br /> '- <br />.. .. <br />- ll. <br />~ 10 <br /> <br />150 <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br /> <br />Oct Nov Dee Jan Feb Mar Apr May <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br />Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun <br /> <br />:, *Based on selected stations <br /> <br />, SnoWpack conditions in the South Platte Basin have improved in one ofthe most dramatic <br />,. fashions in history, Measurements on April 1 are at 114% of average, which is 35% of average <br />higher than the March 1 measurements, Most of the increased snowpack occurred in a very short <br />span of only three days in mid-March, whenblizzai-d conditions all along the Colorado Front <br />Range delivered record amounts of snow, There is well over two times the amount of snow there <br />mas last year at this time, Precipitation during March was 204% of average, which is by far the <br />highest monthly measurement this water year, The water year total is now 113 % of average, <br />Reservoirs in the basin remain extremely low for this time of year, at only 58% of average <br />'storage: There is only 68% of the amount of storage there was last year at this time. The <br />streamflow forecasts have improved significantly from last month's forcasts. Forecasts range <br />from only 42% of average at the inflow to Antero Reservoir, to 102% of average on Boulder <br />Creek near OrodelL <br />