SWSIReportJune2005

• Title: Colorado Water Supply Conditions Update
• Date: 6/8/2005
• Description: Presentation
• Basin: Statewide
• Drought Mitigation - Doc Type: Presentation

COLORADO BASIN

Basinwide Conditions Assessment
The SWSI value of -0.4 indicates that for May the
basin water supplies were near normal. The Natural
Resources Conservation Service reports that June 1
snowpack is 73% of normal. Fiow at the gaging station
Coiorado River near Dotsera was 3,238 cfs, as compared to
the long-term average of 4,395 cfs, Storage in Green
Mountain, Ruedi, and Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 131 %
of normal as of the end of May.
Precipitation was below average for the month of
May for the Colorado River basin, In addition, a period of
very warm temperatures melted much of the snowpack,
causing many streams to reach their peak early,

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NRCSflNWS forecasts for April-July stream flow
voiumes did not change significantly in May, with the entire
Colorado River basin at less than 80% of average. The
Colorado River near Dotsero stream flow is forecasted at
only 76% of average, The Colorado River near Cameo
stream flow is forecasted at 83% of average, Near average
stream flow (95%) is forecasted for the Roaring Fork River at
Glenwood Springs and above average stream flow is
predicted for Plateau Creek (157%),

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