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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

910 AM MDT May 22, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, May 22, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          26300  Green blo Fontenelle          3500

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4800

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell             10300

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily          3200

Dolores nr Cisco                 870  Green at Jensen              20100

Colorado nr Cisco              24700  White nr Watson - est         2800

Cataract Canyon - est          49200  Green nr Green R, Ut         21700

Lake Powell Inflow - est       51800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      180

Virgin nr St. George              40  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             20

Muddy nr Emery                   230

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16400



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

ISOLATED RISES DUE TO RAINSHOWERS     SLOWLY FALLING

OTHERWISE SLOWLY FALLING



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  740  San Juan nr Archuleta          490

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             2500

Weber at Gateway                 910  San Juan nr Bluff             3000

Provo nr Woodland               1100

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam - est       330



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

SLOWLY FALLING      ISOLATED RISES DUE TO RAINSHOWERS

                                 OTHERWISE SLOWLY FALLING



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



Fontenelle                    6471.5

Flaming Gorge                 6022.4

Crystal                       6751.9

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3677.1



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........22000-26000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........60-100

Colorado - nr Cisco.........19000-25000  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2700-3100

Green - nr Green River, Ut..19000-22000 

Cataract Canyon.............46000-50000



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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