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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

723 AM MST December 10, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, December 10, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4400  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1400

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               500

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco - est            80  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson                400

Cataract Canyon - est           7300  Green nr Green R, Ut          3000

Lake Powell Inflow - est        7900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       60

Virgin nr St. George             150  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      30

Muddy nr Emery                    50

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12800



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  100  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                     60  Animas nr Durango              320

Weber at Gateway                 410  San Juan nr Bluff              760

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            30

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



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

 POSSIBLE RISES DUE TO RAIN              LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6487.3

Flaming Gorge                 6028.2

Crystal                       6752.4

Navajo                             M

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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........4200-4800

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

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

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2800-3400 

Cataract Canyon.............6500-8000



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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