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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

752 AM MDT May 16, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



This morning's river flows in cubic feet per second for 

Thursday, May 16, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater - est    24000  Green blo Fontenelle          2200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4700

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell             12400

Dolores nr Bedrock                80  Little Snake nr Lily          3800

Dolores nr Cisco                   M  Green at Jensen              19900

Colorado nr Cisco              22100  White nr Watson - est         3000

Cataract Canyon - est          40800  Green nr Green R, Ut         19700

Lake Powell Inflow - est       41500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      160

Virgin nr St. George              50  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield             40

Muddy nr Emery                   220

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16300



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Slowly rising on headwaters,          Slowly rising

falling slightly lower mainstem



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley - est           1100  San Juan nr Archuleta - est    500

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             3700

Weber at Gateway                1300  San Juan nr Bluff             2800

Provo nr Woodland               2200

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

Sevier blo Piute Dam             370



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Rising due to expected precipitation  Diurnal fluctations upstream,

                                      otherwise little change



Yesterday's reservoir elevations in feet above mean sea level:



Fontenelle                    6466.6

Flaming Gorge                 6022.5

Crystal                       6753.0

Navajo                        6068.8

Glen Canyon                   3674.6



For planned reservoir releases, you can call the Bureau of Reclamation

in Salt Lake City at 801-524-5492 or, outside of Utah, 1-800-277-7571.



Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........20000-25000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........70-120

Colorado - nr Cisco.........18000-23000

San Juan - nr Bluff.........2700-3400

Green - nr Green River, Ut..19000-24000

Cataract Canyon.............39000-45000



For information on the Dolores River call 970-382-2258.

For information on the Snake or Salmon Rivers in Idaho call 208-327-7865. 











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