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<br />uilJ34i <br /> <br />Gunnison River Basin in Colorado <br /> <br />Mountain snowpack- (inches) <br /> <br />Precipitation- (percent of normal) <br /> <br />360 <br /> <br /> 40 <br /> 35 <br />oS 30 <br />c <br />~ 25 <br />;;; <br />> <br />"3 20 <br />0- <br />W <br />E '5 <br />~ <br /> 10 <br /> 5 <br /> 0 <br /> JAN <br /> <br />320 <br />280 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />_24 <br />~ <br />E <br />020 <br />z <br />~ 16 <br />c <br />~ <br />u <br />" 12 <br />If <br />80 I <br /> <br /> <br />FEB MAR <br /> <br />APR <br /> <br />MAY <br /> <br />OCT NOV DEe JAN FEB MAR APR MAY <br /> <br />'Based Of! selected stal,ons <br /> <br />"Based on selecled slatlons <br /> <br />AWtrage ---- <br /> <br />Moo,"', P'K'P""'OO D <br /> <br />Yo."o d." P'K'P'''''OO I <br /> <br />M....,mum ,~- <br /> <br />MinImum ~;-< 'i; <br /> <br />CUrrent . . <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY OUTLOO.': <br />SNOWPACK IN THE GUNNISON RIVER BASIN DECREASED DURING <br />APRIL TO 71 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ON MAY 1. THIS WAS A <br />SIGNIFICANT DECLINE FROM THE APRIL 1 READING OF 96 <br />PERCENT OF AVERAGE. CURRENTLY, THE HIGHEST SNOWPACK <br />IS IN THE UNCOMPAHGRE BASIN AT 90 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. <br />CURRENT RESERVOIR STORAGE IS 7 PERCENT ABOVE AVERAGE, <br />THIS IS 50 PERCENT OF CAPACITY. MANY OF THE SMALLER <br />TRIBUTARIES IN THE BASIN ARE EXPECTED TO FLOW BELOW <br />NORMAL THIS YEAR. THE MOST NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS THE <br />UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER, WHICH IS FORECAST AT ABOVE AVERAGE <br />FLOWS. <br /> <br />you, IOC~ <br /> <br />I For more lnformatlon contact <br />I Conservation Service office. <br /> <br />4 <br />