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<br />- 4- <br /> <br />. I.{cscr\-uir Storaec - Reservoir storage at 97% of average on ~'larch 14th. We arc in good shape <br />but Arkansas basin is 65% or ave-rage. The Rio Grande is al 72% and there isn"t as much water <br />storage ""ater southwest as there is in other basins. <br />. The departure from average \,,'ithin the last 12 months we see it has improved steadily. <br /> <br />Colorado Surtace Waler Supply Index (SWSI) Map <br />'-"" <br />-...-- <br />113-- <br />0--- <br />--- <br />--- <br /> <br />__00_ <br />-''''- <br /> <br /> <br />Mard11.2006 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SWSllndc\ - The Surface Water Supply Index is a map for general reference of abundant <br />supplic:s and drought conditions for reservoirs in Colorado. rhe Yampa and Colorado Basins <br />have abundant supplies this year. <br />Streamflow Forecasts - This year the NRCS forecasts less than 50% of average in lower Rio <br />Grande basin and the southern lributaricsoflhe Arkansas. <br />The Eagle Ri\-"er is in the 130% of a\.cragc category. Latcly there has becn a little bit of a drop <br />olT in run olT forecasts. <br />This rccent stonn in the <br />south\\est was an increase <br />of 15% in snO\\ pack or 15 <br />inches at Wolf Creek and <br />that makes about -I inches <br />of liquid water. It \\as a <br />good stonn but didn.t do <br />much o\-"erall. The numbers <br />\\cnt from -18% to 55% of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Streamflow Forecast Map <br /> <br />~NRCS <br /> <br />~ldl"__ <br /> <br />-- <br />-- <br /> <br /> <br />-,... <br />.'" - <br />-,..... <br />--- <br />.-,.. <br />--- <br />-- <br /> <br />average. <br />. The NRCS SNOTEL sites <br />arc in good working order <br />Ihis ~Cilr with one or 1\\0 <br />out of about 100 in <br /> <br />F1oc>JProt~rn('ln.W <br />Wa Curn>nl.ncllhfd'll 200e <br />