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South Platte Basin The SWSI value (-1.4) indicates that for January the basin water supplies were slightly below nonnal. Reservoir storage was 103% of normal at of the end of January. Storage levels in the major plains reservoirs: Julesburg, North Sterling, and Prewitt are at 53% of capacity. Cumulative storage in the major upper-basin reservoirs of Cheesman, Eleven Mile, Spinney, and Antero is at 64% of capacity. Arkansas Basin SWSI value (-1.9) indicates that basin water supplies were below normal for January. Stream flows at the gaging station near Portland was 344 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 361 cfs. Storage in Turquoise, Twin Lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs totaled 55% of nonnal at the end of January. Rio Grande Basin SWSI value (0.4) indicates that basin water supplies were near normal in January. February 1, 2004 snowpack is 106% of nonnal. Storage in Platoro, Rio Grande, and Santa Maria reservoirs totaled 52% of nonnal at the end of January. Precipitation in Alamosa was 0.14 inches, 0.11 inches above normal, and the average monthly temperature was 4.5 degrees above nonnal. Gunnison Basin The SWSI value (-0.8) indicates that January basin water supplies for the Gunnison Basin were slightly below normal. Snowpack for February 1 is 100% of nonnal. Storage in Taylor Park, Crawford, and Fruitland reservoirs totaled 104% of normal at of the end of January. Flow at the gaging station was at the long-term average. Colorado Basin The SWSI value (-2.1) indicates that for January basin water supplies were below nonnal. Flow at the gaging station near Dotsero was 1109 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 983 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 94% of average at the end of January. The February 1 snowpack is 84% of nonnal. Yampa/White Basin The SWSI value (-1.3) indicates that water supplies were below normal for the end of January. Precipitation for the entire Basin was only 56% of average for the month. The water year total is down to 87% of average. Snowpack for the Yampa River is 86% of nonnal. The basin went from having the highest snowpack in the state at 108% on January 1 to 86% of average on February 1. San Juan/Dolores Basin The SWSI value (0.2) indicates that January water basin supplies were nonnal. The NRCS reported that February 1 snowpack is 103% of normal. Flow at the gaging station Animas River near Durango was 168 cfs, as compared to the long-tenn average of 210 cfs. Storage in McPhee, Vallecito, and Lemon reservoir totaled 67% of normal the end of January.