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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

714 AM MST December 09, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Monday, December 09, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4300  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale - est      1400

Dolores blo Mcphee - est          40  Yampa at Maybell               490

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco - est            80  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson                410

Cataract Canyon - est           7600  Green nr Green R, Ut          2800

Lake Powell Inflow - est        7800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       70

Virgin nr St. George              70  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            110  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      30

Muddy nr Emery                    50

Colorado at Lees Ferry         11900



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

  LITTLE CHANGE                          LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                     60  Animas nr Durango              310

Weber at Gateway                 180  San Juan nr Bluff              770

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



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

 RISES POSSIBLE DUE TO RAIN               LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                 6028.3

Crystal                            M

Navajo                        6046.6

Glen Canyon                   3676.9



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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........4100-4800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000-4600  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2700-3200 

Cataract Canyon.............7000-8500



For information on the Upper Snake River in Wyoming and eastern Idaho call 

1-800-658-5771.  For information on the Salmon River and the Snake

River in western Idaho call 208-327-7865. 













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