Sevier Water Supply Outlook, March 1, 2008

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Prepared by Reed
NOAA, National Weather Service
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.cbrfc.noaa.gov

Contents

Sevier Summary

Precipitation in December 2007 was 255% of average followed by 160% of average in January 2008, and then 130% of average in February. The seasonal precipitation is 120% of average. Snow pack decreased from 140% of average on February 1st to 130% of average on March 1st. This equates to 110% of the seasonal snowfall accumulation. The runoff forecasts for April-July 2008 range from 107% to 124% of average. This reflects a slight drop over last month's forecasts resulting from the slight drop in average snowpack throughout the Sevier River Basin.



*Median of forecasts within each basin.


Sevier Basin Conditions




* Percent usable capacity, not percent average contents.
Click for multi-month Graph.



Differences between the full period forecasts and the residual forecasts may not exactly equal the actual observed volumes due to rounding conventions (see Definitions section).


Precipitation Maps








Hydrologist: Reed