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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

920 AM MDT May 23, 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 23, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          23700  Green blo Fontenelle          3500

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2700  Green nr Greendale            4800

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell              9300

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily          2600

Dolores nr Cisco                 770  Green at Jensen              17500

Colorado nr Cisco              21700  White nr Watson - EST         2600

Cataract Canyon - est          46000  Green nr Green R, Ut         21800

Lake Powell Inflow - est       51400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      160

Virgin nr St. George              40  Escalante nr Escalante     near  0

Virgin nr Littlefield             10

Muddy nr Emery                   230

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16300



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

ISOLATED RISES SOUTHERN UTAH DUE TO   SLOWLY FALLING

RAIN - OTHERWISE SLOWLY FALLING



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  820  San Juan nr Archuleta          490

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             2600

Weber at Gateway                 820  San Juan nr Bluff             2600

Provo nr Woodland               1300

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam - EST       330



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

SLOWLY RISING PROVO RIVER DUE TO      ISOLATED LOCAL RISES DUE TO RAIN,

RAIN - ELSEWHERE SLOWLY FALLING       OTHERWISE SLOWLY FALLING.



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



Fontenelle                    6472.3

Flaming Gorge                 6022.5

Crystal                       6751.5

Navajo                        6070.1

Glen Canyon                   3678.0



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........19000-24000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........   50-90

Colorado - nr Cisco.........17000-22000  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2300-3100

Green - nr Green River, Ut..18000-22000 

Cataract Canyon.............42000-47000



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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