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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

726 AM MST December 18, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, December 18, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater - est     4000  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell - est         300

Dolores nr Bedrock                20  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco - est           200  Green at Jensen               2500

Colorado nr Cisco               3700  White nr Watson                350

Cataract Canyon - est           7600  Green nr Green R, Ut          3500

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       60

Virgin nr St. George             150  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield             50  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         13000



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   60  San Juan nr Archuleta          240

Weber nr Echo - est              100  Animas nr Durango              220

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              710

Provo nr Woodland                 50

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                    6486.1

Flaming Gorge                 6028.0

Crystal                       6749.0

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                   3676.3



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........3500-4200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........20-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3000-4000

San Juan - nr Bluff.........400-800

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3000-3500

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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