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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

721 AM MDT May 21, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, May 21, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          29400  Green blo Fontenelle          3400

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4700

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell             12400

Dolores nr Bedrock                70  Little Snake nr Lily          4200

Dolores nr Cisco                1000  Green at Jensen              22400

Colorado nr Cisco              26500  White nr Watson - est         3000

Cataract Canyon - est          49200  Green nr Green R, Ut         21600

Lake Powell Inflow - est       52400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      190

Virgin nr St. George              50  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield         near 0

Muddy nr Emery                   240

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16300



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

STEADY THEN SLOWLY FALLING MAINSTEM   SLOWLY RISING LOWER GREEN

SLOWLY FALLING ELSEWHERE              SLOWLY FALLING ELSEWHERE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  740  San Juan nr Archuleta          490

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             3100

Weber at Gateway                1100  San Juan nr Bluff             3000

Provo nr Woodland               1130

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam             330



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

SLOWLY FALLING      SLOWLY FALLING



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



Fontenelle                    6470.3

Flaming Gorge                 6022.4

Crystal                       6752.6

Navajo                            M

Glen Canyon                   3676.6



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........26000-31000

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

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

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2400-3000

Green - nr Green River, Ut..21000-23000

Cataract Canyon.............48000-52000



For information on the Snake River in Wyoming call 307-733-5452.

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











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