Recreational Report for December 25, 1997
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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

631 AM MST December 25, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center. This information is also available through the Internet by 

connecting to www.cbrfc.gov/public/for.html and then clicking on 

Today's River Statement.



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

Thursday, December 25, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5800  Green blo Fontenelle          1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2000  Green nr Greendale            3000

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell           est 400

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily       est 200

Dolores nr Cisco                 200  Green at Jensen               4300

Colorado nr Cisco               5300  White nr Watson                760

Cataract Canyon            est 11000  Green nr Green R, Ut          5900

Lake Powell Inflow         est 12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      370

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      65

Muddy nr Emery                   180

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    250  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                 70

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            15

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days:  Little Change





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      6029.9

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        3683.2



For future reservoir releases from Bureau of Reclamation Reservoirs call:



in Southwest Colorado   -  (970) 385-6578

in Westcentral Colorado -  (970) 248-0660

for Flaming Gorge, 

Lake Powell and Navajo  -  (801) 524-3732 or 3642

                    

Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5600-6200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-100

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5000-5600

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1200-1400

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5200-6300

Cataract Canyon............. 10000-11500



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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Colorado Basin River Forcast Center

National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah



Flash flood guidance issued 747 AM MST December 25, 1997



.B SLR 1225 DH12/PPHCF/PPTCF/PPQCF



:Utah Forecast Zones

:              Average

:Forecast    Rainfall in Inches

:  Zone     1 hr     3 hr     6 hr

:--------   ----------------------

UTZ001       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ002       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ003       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ004       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ005       0.9  /   1.1  /   1.5

UTZ006       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ007       0.8  /   1.2  /   1.5

UTZ008       0.9  /   1.2  /   1.4

UTZ009       0.9  /   1.2  /   1.3

UTZ010       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.5

UTZ011       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.5

UTZ012       0.9  /   1.2  /   1.4

UTZ013       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ014       0.9  /   1.2  /   1.4

UTZ015       0.9  /   1.1  /   1.5

UTZ016       0.9  /   1.1  /   1.5

UTZ017       0.9  /   1.2  /   1.4

UTZ018       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ019       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.6

UTZ020       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ021       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ022       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ023       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.5

UTZ024       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.5

UTZ025       1.0  /   1.3  /   1.5

UTZ026       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

UTZ027       1.3  /   1.5  /   1.9

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Values are average inches of rainfall to begin flooding



Flash Flood Guidance is primarily dependent upon terrain and rainfall

intensity.  Flash Flood Guidance for urban areas and steep mountainous

terrain may be less than indicated above.











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