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<br />00;)958 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico <br /> <br />Mountain snowpack- (inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation- (percent of normal) <br /> <br />360 <br /> <br /> 40 <br /> 35 <br /> . <br />"2 30 -. <br />- <br />" <br />~ 25 <br /><; ~" <br />> <br />"5 20 <br />0- <br />W <br />~ 15 <br />~ <br /> 10 <br /> 5 ~ <br /> 0 <br /> JAN FEB <br />"Based on selecled SlaUDrlS <br /> <br />320 <br /> <br />280 <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />MAR <br /> <br />APR <br /> <br />MAY <br /> <br />OCT NOV DEe JAN FEB MAR APR MAY <br /> <br />"B8sed on seh!lClecI lIallons <br /> <br />Maorimum ~. I <br />Minimum t I <br /> <br />AY8f1Ige ---- <br /> <br />Mon'''' "'"""""'00 D <br /> <br />Yo" ,. .... "~"'''''oo I <br /> <br />Currenl . . <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK: <br />SNOW PACK CONDITIONS IN THE LO~ER RIO GRANDE HAVE <br />DECREASED SINCE APRIL 1 READINGS. CURRENT STATISTICS <br />ARE 77 PERCENT OF AVERAGE COMPAREO TO 128 PERCENT FOR <br />APRIL 1. THE CURRENT READINGS ARE 169 PERCENT OF <br />LAST YEAR. THE BELOW NORMAL $NQWPACK AS OF MAY 1. <br />REFLECTS ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DURING THE LAST <br />TwO wEEKS OF APRIL. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL MELTING <br />OF THE SNOWPACK. STREAMFLOW VOLUMES ALONG THE MAI~ <br />STEM OF THE RIO GRANDE ARE FORECASTED TO PRODUCE MUCH <br />ABOVE AVERAGE VOLUMES. HIGH ~ATER CONDITIONS ~ILL <br />EXIST DURING MUCH OF MAY AND JUNE. RESERVOIR STORAGE <br />IS OVER SIX TIMES ITS NORMAL. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM <br />AMOUNT OF WATER THAT HAS EVER BEEN STORED IN THE <br />BASIN. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />For more information contact your local Soil <br />Conservation Service office. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />---- <br />