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YAMPA/WHITE BASIN <br /> w <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: • <br /> The SWSI value of 2.7 indicates that for February the YAMPA-WHITE RIVER BASINS <br /> basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural 5 Strraw Voter Supply Index History <br /> Resources Conservation Service reports March 1 snowpack as 4 <br /> 141% of normal. Flow at the gaging station Yampa River at <br /> Steamboat averaged 117 cfs as compared to the 1961-1993 3 . - - r <br /> average of 93 cfs. 2 q <br /> ; ; ; . ; -= <br /> 7.:: <br /> The National Weather observer in Steamboat Springs � 1 <br /> reports a total of 3.82 inches of precipitation for February, . I I^ •w��i i+y/ of �+- �,f �' r <br /> which is 180% of average. Warmer temperatures and clear _, 112 •• k rkio f; <br /> skies during the first three weeks of February helped to settle 2 ' , N 1•40 ; , �,,•, I <br /> the snow, and gave snowplow crews some much needed rest. . — <br /> Snow and rain during late February improved the snowpack _3 ; ; i <br /> and raised hopes for an above average runoff. Rivers remain -4 .. <br /> JAN97 JAN89 JANE9 JAN90 JAN91 JAN97 JAN93 JAN94 JAN95 JAN96 <br /> at or near normal base flow levels, with only limited demand At7NTWYEAR <br /> for water. Carry over storage is well above average for the <br /> irrigation reservoirs. <br /> Outlook <br /> Stream flows will be near base flow levels for the YAMPA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT <br /> remainder of the winter. There should be sufficient water to 60 FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> meet demands along the main stem reaches of the river and <br /> enough runoff to fill irrigation reservoirs this spring. S0 - <br /> s <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns . t 40 <br /> Basin administrators do not anticipate any o i <br /> administrative or management concerns for the remainder of >2 <br /> the winter. 's 2O <br /> Public Use Impacts 1D �- <br /> There should be no adverse impacts on public use for <br /> the remainder of the winter. There is plenty of snow for <br /> Oct Nov 0ae Jan F•b Harm <br /> winter sports enthusiasts. MONTH <br /> 0 WET C1994) O DRY C1977) A AVG X 1996 <br /> 8 <br />