Recreational Report for May 15, 2008
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River Recreational Statement
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City Utah
106 PM MDT May 15, 2008
Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast
Center. This information is also available through the Internet by
connecting to www.cbrfc.noaa.gov, selecting Recreational Forecasts and then
Daily Report.
This afternoon's river flows in cubic feet per second for
Thursday, May 15, 2008. Please note that all data are provisional.
-Colorado Basin- -Green River Basin-
Colorado nr Kremmling 2200 Green blo Fontenelle 920
Crystal nr Redstone 500 Green blo Flaming Gorge 860
Colorado at Westwater 18000 Yampa at Maybell 6000
Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun 3300 Little Snake nr Lily 2600
Dolores blo Mcphee 1700 Green at Jensen 9600
Dolores nr Bedrock 1250 White nr Watson 1400
Dolores nr Cisco 2600 Green nr Green R, Ut 12500
Colorado nr Cisco 19500 San Rafael nr Green R, Ut 45
Cataract Canyon e34000 Escalante nr Escalante near 0
Lake Powell Inflow e36000 Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val 200
NF Virgin nr Springdale 175 Muddy nr Emery 25
Virgin nr Virgin 200 Dirty Devil near Hanksvill 15
Virgin nr Littlefield e95
Colorado at Lees Ferry 9500-15300
-Great Basin- -San Juan Basin-
Weber nr Oakley 410 San Juan nr Archuleta 1000
Weber nr Echo 180 Animas nr Durango 1900
Weber at Gateway 860 San Juan nr Bluff 3000
Ogden blo Pineview Dam 30
Provo nr Woodland 520
Provo blo Deer Ck Dam 55
Sevier blo Piute Dam 490
Trend for the next 2 days: flows generally rising most headwaters over next
several days as temperatures spike to above normal over most of area. Lower
mainstems falling for next couple of days.
Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:
Colorado - Westwater........ 15000-18000
Colorado - nr Cisco......... 16500-20000
San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2100-3000
Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 11000-13000
Cataract Canyon............. 29000-35000
For future reservoir releases from Bureau of Reclamation Reservoirs call:
in Southwest Colorado - (970) 565-7562
in Westcentral Colorado - (970) 248-0660
for Flaming Gorge,
Lake Powell and Navajo - (801) 524-3883
For information on the Upper Snake River in Wyoming and eastern Idaho, including
flows on the Murtaugh stretch call 1-800-658-5771.
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