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<br />YAMPAlWHITE BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -3,2 indicates that for October <br />the basin water supplies were well below normal, Flow at the <br />gaging station Yampa River at Steamboat was 63 cfs, as <br />compared to the long-term average of 141 cfs, <br />October stared a new water year with above <br />average moisture, Storms at the beginning and end of the <br />month resulted in precipitation totaling 119% of average for <br />the basin, as measured at the NRCS Snowtel sites, In <br />Steamboat Springs, precipitation for the month was 2,22 <br />inches, also 119% of average, Stream flows increased as a <br />result of the moisture, but with varying results, On the White <br />River flows are at seasonal averages, on the Yampa flows <br />are approximately 50% of average, and on the North Platte <br />at the State Line they are only 33% of average, <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Snows at the end of October brought much needed <br />moisture to the basin, Hopes are that the winter storm <br />patterns will continue to provide above average precipitation, <br /> <br />Nov-02 <br /> <br />........ <br /> <br /> <br />00,000 <br /> <br />"* 8:1,000 <br />"' <br />~ 70,000 <br />3:" 00,000 <br />o <br />~ <br />IL 50,000 <br />w <br />~ 40,000 <br />5 <br />~ 3:1,000 <br />=> <br />o ~,ooo <br />10,000 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Jn93 Jn9I Jnll; Jnlll J1dJl JnllI Ja>Ell Ja>(ll JnOl Jn02 <br /> <br />.....- <br /> <br />YANPA Rt./ER AT ~T, Fl..ON BY WAlER 'tEAR <br /> <br />100,000 <br /> <br /> / <br /> /1 <br /> II <br /> 11/ <br /> ....--' c-- II / <br /> -------- ------- ~ / <br /> ~ ------------ ---- <br />~ ,------ <br />------- <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />Oec <br /> <br />"', <br /> <br />Fob <br /> <br />Mod> <br /> <br />April <br /> <br />