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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

750 AM MDT May 19, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Sunday, May 19, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          29100  Green blo Fontenelle          2800

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4700

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell             15300

Dolores nr Bedrock                70  Little Snake nr Lily          5900

Dolores nr Cisco                1000  Green at Jensen              22500

Colorado nr Cisco              26800  White nr Watson       - est   3000

Cataract Canyon - est          48700  Green nr Green R, Ut         22000

Lake Powell Inflow - est       47200  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      220

Virgin nr St. George              40  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield             20

Muddy nr Emery                   240

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12300



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

Steady to slightly falling except     Little change in headwaters. 

at Cataract where slowly rising.      Slowly rising lower mainstem.



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  960  San Juan nr Archuleta          490

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             3600

Weber at Gateway                1200  San Juan nr Bluff             3300

Provo nr Woodland               1600

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            60

Sevier blo Piute Dam             280



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

Little change                         Little change except diurnal fluctations.



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



Fontenelle                        M

Flaming Gorge                     M

Crystal                           M

Navajo                            M

Glen Canyon                       M



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 Sunday thru Tuesday:



Colorado - Westwater........26000-30000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........70-100

Colorado - nr Cisco.........25000-28000

San Juan - nr Bluff.........2700-3600

Green - nr Green River, Ut..21000-25000

Cataract Canyon.............47000-54000



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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