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<br />'~I <br />" . <br />. ' <br />., <br /> <br />,~ <br />I i <br />I j <br /> <br />.--,. <br />I i <br />.. <br /> <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />STREAMFLOW <br /> <br />COLORADO'S RESERVOIRS CONTINUE TO STORE ABOVE NORMAL <br />AMOUNTS. AS OF JUNE 1, THE MAJOR RESERVOIRS <br />CONTAINED 120% OF THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE. wITH THE <br />EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE BASIN, WHICH IS STORING <br />93% OF AVERAGE AMOUNTS, ALL OF THE BASINS IN COLORADO <br />ARE STORING ABOVE NORMAL VOLUMES. THE HIGHEST STORAGE <br />LEVELS ARE IN THE RIO GRANDE BASIN AT 147% OF <br />AVERAGE. ALTHOUGH THESE VOLUMES ARE ABOVE THE <br />LONG-TERM AVERAGE, MANY RESERVOIRS ARE STORING LESS <br />THAN THE VOLUMES IN JUNE OF 1988. THE 12 RESERVOIRS <br />IN THE ARKANSAS BASIN ARE ONLY STORING 54% OF LAST <br />YEAR'S VOLUMES, WHILE THE STORAGE IN THE RIO GRANDE <br />BASIN IS ONLY 84% OF LAST YEAR. <br /> <br />PROJECTED STREAMFLOW VOLUMES FOR THIS SPRING AND <br />SUMMER HAVE DECREASED AGAIN DURING MAY. BELOW NORMAL <br />PRECIPITATION AND WARM TEMPERATURES IN MAY HAVE <br />HELPED TO DECREASE THE POTENTIAL VOLUMES AT NEARLY <br />ALL FORECAST POINTS IN COLORADO. FORECASTS OF LESS <br />THAN 55% OF NORMAL VOLUMES ARE PROJECTED FOR THE <br />GUNNISON, YAMPA, WHITE, ARKANSAS AND NORTH AND SOUTH <br />PLATTE RIVER BASINS. THE REMAINING BASINS CAN EXPECT <br />VOLUMES OF 65% TO 75% OF NORMAL, WITH THE HIGHEST <br />FORECASTS IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE RIO GRANDE BASIN <br />AT NEARLY 80% OF AVERAGE FLOWS. FORECASTS OF ONLY <br />50% OF NORMAL ARE PROJECTED FOR THE MAIN STEM OF THE <br />GUNNISON AND ARKANSAS RIVERS. <br /> <br />3 <br />