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<br />Rio Grande Basin <br />SWSI value (-1.4) indicates that basin water supplies were below normal in June. At the end of <br />June storage in Platoro, Rio Grande, and Santa Maria reservoirs totaled 40% of nonnal. <br />Precipitation in Alamosa was only 0.42 inches and most of that occurred in one event on June <br />30. For nearly seven weeks from May 2 through June 21, Alamosa received no measurable <br />precipitation in town. Dry windy conditions persisted throughout the month. Soil moisture <br />conditions in non-irrigated areas are poor and stream flow throughout the basin is below average. <br /> <br />Gunnison Basin <br />The SWSI value (-2.2) indicates that for June basin water supplies were below normal. <br />Streamflows have been holding up fairly well, despite the below nonnal snowpack. Most <br />irrigators have had a full supply in May and June. Storage in Taylor Park, Crawford, and <br />Fruitland reservoirs totaled 99% of normal as of the end of June. <br /> <br />Colorado Basin <br />The SWSI value (-3.0) indicates that June basin water supplies were below normal. Flow at the <br />gaging station near Dotsero was 1,880 cfs, as compared to the long-term average of 5,732 cfs. <br />Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 95% of average at the <br />end of June. <br /> <br />Yampa/White Basin <br />The SWSI value (-3.3) indicates that water supplies were below nonnal for the end of June. <br />Thunderstonns moved across the area throughout June and were often accompanied by heavy <br />precipitation. Stream flows by the end of June were at elevated levels, but still below average. <br />Reservoir levels remained good for non-irrigation use, but for irrigation use they were drawn <br />down considerably at the end of June. <br /> <br />San Juan/Dolores Basin <br />The SWSI value (-1.4) indicates that June water basin supplies were below normal. The <br />precipitation figures in June are very low, but the number of days of precipitation was actually <br />higher than normal and added to the yearly total to make 15.8 inches to date, or 112% of <br />average. Temperatures were near the nonnal81degrees, but the lows were well above nonnal. <br />Stream flows peaked during June for the last time around the 8th of the month, and the runoff <br />was much higher than last year's. Reservoirs were able to capture much water. Storage in <br />McPhee, Vallecito, and Lemon reservoir totaled 98% of nonnal the end of June. <br /> <br />Bob Steger, Denver Water <br />Mr. Steger said Denver's reservoirs are 85% full, while the average for this time of the year is <br />97%, so they are well below average. <br /> <br />Roger Pielke, Sr., State Climatologist. Colorado State University <br />Mr. Pielke stated that June precip was good and this was the 17th wettest June statewide. <br />Temperatures were cool in the northeastern part of the state and wanner in the western part of <br />the state. He said in tenns of precipitation, as a percent of average, most locations were above <br />100%, but the southwest part of the state is dry while the eastern part and the Front Range have <br />been very wet. <br />