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ti <br /> YAMPA/WHITE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: I <br /> The SWSI value of-0.1 indicates that for March the YAMPA-WHITE RIVER BASINS <br /> S.-fa..MYtK Supply Index Nlatry <br /> basin water supplies were normal. The Soil Conservation 5 <br /> Service reports March 31 snowpack at 113%of normal. The 4 <br /> National Weather Service reports March precipitation as 139% -" <br /> W 9 ww <br /> of normal. Flow at the gaging station Yampa River at II-" : ,( ;a: <br /> Steamboat averaged 135 cfs as compared to the 1961-1991 2 <br /> March average of 145 cfs. Wanner weather late in the month y. i <br /> has caused some of the lower elevation snow cover to melt i o I — 1 ' i I <br /> ri II ,, s 1III l <br /> and increase stream flows. The reservoirs continue to be �, I ' ,' <br /> covered with ice, while most of the streams are now open. a 2 , _zAI ? ‘, <br /> 0 �I % / \ <br /> , , , . e N <br /> Outlook: -3 r ;, <br /> J <br /> Stream flows will be influenced by the weather during -4 ........... . .............................._.......... <br /> JANB4 JANBS JANB6 JANB7 JANBB JANBB JANBO JAN91 JAN S JAMI3 <br /> the next couple of months. Warm, wet weather could cause 113NTWYEAR <br /> a significant increase in stream flows while cool, dry weather <br /> would diminish flows. There appears to be sufficient <br /> snowpack to fill most of the irrigation reservoirs. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: YAMPA R 1 VER AT STEAMBOAT <br /> FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> Administration requirements are expected to be CO <br /> minimal for the next 90 days. , <br /> 50 • <br /> Public Use Impacts: _ <br /> Impacts on public use should be minimal for the next + 40 <br /> 60 days. a <br /> 4 <br /> v <br /> 10 <br /> • <br /> O <br /> Oct .., O. Jan Fab March <br /> WORN <br /> 13 WET(1994) o Om C1p77) p AVG x 1903 <br /> 8 <br />