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Gunnison Basin The SWSI value 2.6 indicates that for February basin water supplies were above nonnal. The March 1 snowpack was 133% of normal. Streamflows at the gaging station at Uncompahgre River near Ridgeway were 66 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 45 cfs. Storage in Taylor Park, Crawford, and Fruitland reservoirs totaled 99% of normal as of the end of February. Colorado Basin The SWSI value (-0.9) indicates that February basin water supplies were near nonnal. The March 1 snowpack is 98% of nonnal. Flow at the gaging station near Dotsero was 656 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 952 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 10 1 % of average at the end of February. Yampa/White Basin The SWSI value (-2.2) indicates that water supplies were below normal for the end of February. The March 1 snowpack is 90% of normal. Streamflows at the gaging station at Yampa River at Steamboat were 104 cfs, as compared to the average of 98 cfs. Precipitation in February was 75% of average across the basin. San Iuan/Dolores Basin The SWSI value 2.9 indicates that February water basin supplies were above nonnal. The March 1 snowpack is 145% of nonnal. Flow at the gaging station at Animas River near Durango was 374 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 208 cfs. Streamflows were flowing well above 150% of nonnal at the end of February. Storage in McPhee, Vallecito, and Lemon reservoir totaled 85% of nonnal at the end of February. Guest Speaker IPresentation Greg McCabe, Guest Speaker, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mr. McCabe gave a very interesting talk on the subject of climate variability regarding both prehistoric and historic contexts. Please see his complete presentation on our website at http://cwcb.state.co. us/owc/DroughcPlanning/Presentations/htm. Monthly Climate Report Nolan Doesken. Colorado State University. Colorado Climate Center Mr. Doesken began by commenting that next year will be the 25th anniversary for W A TF. He mentioned this is the prime time of year for precipitation and that one inch of moisture this time of year is better than two or three inches another time of the year; and also, that the spring stonns tend to come with cool temperatures so precipitation can soak in better. Mr. Doesken said we have had extreme dry conditions in the northwestern patt of the state. He also commented that February overall has been a warm month as well as early March. Mr. Doesken reported that the February precipitation for Denver and the eastern plains has been dry for February and early March. The precipitation and snowpack is the best in the southern part of the state. Mr. Doesken said that the first five months of the water year is consistent with the snowpack--very good precipitation.