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., ., 2 GREEN RIVER BASIN: Water supply forecasts above Flaming Gorge dropped 5 to 10% from those issued last month. Below the dam, forecasts changed very little. The outlook still appears good throughout the Green River Basin with forecasts ranging 90 to 215% of normal. Flood potential for the Green River Basin varies but 'is highest in the Huntington, Price, San Rafael and Blacks Fork drainages. March precipitation above Flaming Gorge was greater than 120 percent of average on the east side of the basin and generally 60 percent on the west side. The Uintas averaged 70 to 90 percent and along the Wasatch Range 100 to 115 percent. Seasonal precipitation, October through March, is greater than 150 percent of average above Flaming Gorge. Below the reservoir, seasonal precipitation was 120 to 200 percent at the higher elevation and near normal in the valleys. Soil Conservation Service measurements at the end of March indicate the follow- ing basin averages: White - 122%, Yampa - 122%, Strawberry - 117%, Green River above Flaming Gorge - 8J%, and above Fontenelle Reservoir - 78%. Streamflows are still above normal throughout the Green River Basin. Flow during March on the Green River at Green River, Utah was J59,000 acre-feet, 141%; Yampa at Steamboat Springs was 8,800 acre-feet, 102%; Whiterocks near Whiterocks was 2,JOO acre-feet, 15J%; inflow to Fontenelle Reservoir was 55,000 acre-feet, IJl% and inflow to Flaming Gorge Reservoir was IJJ,OOO acre- feet, 146%. Streamflow, for October through March, on the was 1.66 million acre-feet, 186% of average. record for this period, dating back to 1911. Green River at Green River, Utah This is the highest flow of Reservoir storage in Fontenelle Reservoir was 167,000 acre-feet, 90% of average and 48% of capacity. Flaming Gorge end-of-month storage was J.055 million acre- feet, IJJ% of average and 81% of capacity. SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN: The water supply outlook for the San Juan Basin is for near normal flows or slightly above. Streamflow forecasts decreased for the third consecutive month with declines ranging from zero to 10 pervent from those issued last month. Forecast flows range from 107 percent for Vallecito Reservoir Inflow to 130% on the La Plata at Hesperus. March precipitation was near normal around the rim of the basin but decreased significantly at lower elevations with several reports less than 50% of average. Seasonal precipitation, October through March, is near normal ranging from 85 to 110% of average. Since January 1 precipitation over the basin has averaged 60% of normal, Snow surveys on April 1 indicate an average basin snowpack of 105% on the Animas drainage and lll% for the entire San Juan Basin. This compares to a January 1 average for -Lhe San Juan drainage of 184% of normal.