Recreational Report for May 26, 2000
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RVRSLC
River Recreational Statement
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City Utah
717 AM MDT May 26, 2000
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, selecting Forecasts/Products and then Daily
Recreational River Report.
This morning's river flows in cubic feet per second for
Friday, May 26, 2000. Please note that all data are provisional.
-Colorado Basin- -Green River Basin-
Colorado at Westwater 16000 Green blo Fontenelle 1400
Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun 1450 Green blo Flaming Gorge e4600
Dolores blo Mcphee 300 Yampa at Maybell 7600
Dolores nr Bedrock 350 Little Snake nr Lily 2100
Dolores nr Cisco 1600 Green at Jensen 14500
Colorado nr Cisco 16000 White nr Watson 2200
Cataract Canyon e20500 Green nr Green R, Ut e9800
Lake Powell Inflow e20000 San Rafael nr Green R, Ut 30
Virgin nr St. George 35 Escalante nr Escalante near dry
Virgin nr Littlefield 65 Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val M
Muddy nr Emery 90
Colorado at Lees Ferry 19000
-Great Basin- -San Juan Basin-
Weber nr Oakley 1500 San Juan nr Archuleta 500
Weber nr Echo 260 Animas nr Durango 2700
Weber at Gateway 400 San Juan nr Bluff 3500
Provo nr Woodland 2100
Ogden blo Pineview Dam 90
Sevier blo Piute Dam 185
Trend for the next 2 days: Headwaters will continue to fall except for
in the vicinity of isolated thunderstorms. Mainstems will rise then fall
as low snowmelt peaks move downstream.
Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Friday thru Sunday:
Colorado - Westwater........ 15500-19000
Colorado - nr Cisco......... 15500-19000
San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2400-4100
Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 9500-13500
Cataract Canyon............. 20000-27500
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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