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,• YAMPA/WHITE BASIN 4. Basinwide Conditions Assessment: The SWSI value of 0.0 indicates that for February the YAMPA-WH 1 TE RIVER BASINS Surface Water&poly Index History basin water supplies were normal. The Natural Resources 5 Conservation Service reports March 1 snowpack as 90% of 4_ normal. Flow at the gaging station Yampa River at Steamboat _ averaged 84 cfs as compared to the 1961-1993 February 3 , ... - average of 93 cfs. The National Weather Service computes z- .w - basin precipitation as 108% of normal during the month. g 1 =v^ ; There was a slight improvement in the Yampa River _ o -`�`" .�,_' II basin snowpack duringFebruary, which is now at 87% of ; ' '"+ ' ' M ' wP - I��r �' average. Many days of warm dry weather in February melted a 2- , : A M , + the snowpack at lower elevations and most of the south slopes c are bare. Ski conditions are good, except during warm _3, 0 ; afternoons when the snow becomes slushy and sticky. -4 ` JAN06 JAN97 JANOS JAN99 JAN90 JAN94 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 JAN65 WNTW YEAR Outlook Stream flows will continue at or near base levels for the remainder of the winter season. Even with improved snowpack, the runoff forecast remains well below average. Above average precipitation and snowpack are necessary to YAMPA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT replace the soil moisture lost during the summer drought. 6. FLOW BY WATER YEAR Hopefully the spring thaw will hold off for another month. 50 Administrative/Management Concerns "a Administrative demands remain minimal and stream ~ 40 flows should be sufficient to meet user demands. :1 g s 30 Public Use Impacts ♦�g There will not be an impact by public use of the rivers 1 ifr..------ k----------a--"---"-- for a couple more months. .There is still plenty of snow at 10 higher elevations for skiing and snowmobiling. Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Merch MONTH 0 WE!C1994) A DRY C1977) A AVG x 1995 8