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<br />002231 <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK <br />~ OF <br />JUNE I, 1985 <br /> <br />Snow conditions in the Colorado high country have steadily decreased over <br />the last 15 days. Snowmelt has progressed at a very moderate rat~in most <br />areas. Typical snowmelt rates have been in the range of 0.8 inches to 1.4 <br />inches per day. Most of the snowpack has melted below 10,000 feet and only <br />high elevation snowpack remains. <br /> <br />Snowpack conditions remain extremely high in the headwaters of the Rio <br />Grande and San Juan River basins in Colorado. Wolf Creek summit snow course <br />has 95 inches depth and contains 45.0 inches of water for 170% of average. On <br />the west side of the continental divide, Upper San Juan snow course has 36 <br />inches depth and contains 17.8 inches of water for 200% of average. <br /> <br />Peak snowmelt runoff volume have already occurred on most streams in <br />Colorado. Along the front range, the rivers are only near average while in <br />the southern portion of the state streamflow volumes are well above average <br />and will remain this way for another 2 to 3 more weeks before they taper off. <br />The Rio Grande river will remain at above normal stages well into the summer <br />months in Colorado and New Mexico. <br /> <br />Reservoir storage levels in both states are excellent and in some cases <br />in New Mexico they are near their all time high levels. <br />