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STATEWIDE snowpack comparison May 1,2003 - 87%, May, 12002 - 19%, May 1,2000 - 69% Reselvoir Stomge May 1, 2003 Snowpack Mav12, 2003 % of average Gunnison Basin 90 % of average Colorado 126 % of average S Platte 123 % of average N Platte 120 % of average Y ampa- White 111 % of average Arkansas 99 % of average Rio Grande 44 % of average San Juan 47 % of avera!!e STATEWIDE 98 % of average Reservoir Stora!!e Gunnison Basin Colorado S Platte NPlatte Yampa-White Arkansas Rio Grande San Juan STATEWIDE Mav 1. 2003 % of avera!!e 83% of average 42% of average 64% of average No data 98% of average 44% of average 59% of average 65% of avera!!e 60% of average Surface Water Suoolv In~x Mav 1. 2003 Gunnison Basin 83 % of average Colorado 42 % of average S Platte 64% of average N Platte No data Y ampa- White 98 % of average Arkansas 44% of average Rio Grande 59% of average San Juan 65 % of avera!!e STATEWIDE 60% of average , Yarnpa R. ,.F !'---'~~:_-:-~:~j:Ji-::f~~:i~<-- , //~u,,,."'a7l , ~:;;: ~;~ ~7 iI, l \ /' /~ \ - , a \ ~ ~ : ',,--CI'i f- I ~) ~;;.'~~ '::"~ .'l."~ s:'f.! 'Y1'L'!,( I ' 4.-:-".~< (").~; "'-:':.~:f :;8% ofi.'r" S~:~tif:)$.'M;:::; 6t1-% of l~'''.r~:.''~--g# -,ra% of U'lsi ).'e;;l'~ NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center -Klaus Wolter Klaus Wolter's web page is at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/-kew / and offers weather forecasts and links to official Climate Diagnostics Center forecasts, Infonnation on the website includes: Status and Outlook for ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation), background information on regional climate variability of the interior western V,S" as well as typical precipitation impacts during El Nino episodes; "Official" CPC (Climate Prediction Center) forecasts for Spring 2003; Experimental forecast for APR-JUN 2003 precipitation in the interior western V,S,; Discussion of rainfall forecasts, and useful links to shorter-tenn forecasts, Klaus Wolter's bottom line: Consistent with El Nino expectations, the statewide snowpack has improved 2