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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

818 AM MDT May 16, 1998



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 

Saturday, May 16, 1998. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          17000  Green blo Fontenelle          2300

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale           e2900

Dolores blo Mcphee               960  Yampa at Maybell              6800

Dolores nr Bedrock               960  Little Snake nr Lily          3200

Dolores nr Cisco                2700  Green at Jensen              13500

Colorado nr Cisco              19500  White nr Watson               3500

Cataract Canyon               e41000  Green nr Green R, Ut         19000

Lake Powell Inflow            e45000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      110

Virgin nr St. George             600  Escalante nr Escalante          25

Virgin nr Littlefield            460  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     400

Muddy nr Emery                    80

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  500  San Juan nr Archuleta         3900

Weber nr Echo                    720  Animas nr Durango             1650

Weber at Gateway                1850  San Juan nr Bluff             5400

Provo nr Woodland                470

Ogden blo Pineview Dam          1000

Sevier blo Piute Dam             370



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: Little Change to Slowly Falling

then Slowly Rising as temperatures increase.           



                  

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



Colorado - Westwater........ 13500-17000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 920-1170

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 15000-20000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 5200-7600

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 17000-19000

Cataract Canyon............. 35000-42000



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

  

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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