Sevier Water Supply Outlook, May 1, 2008
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Sevier Summary
Precipitation in April 2008 was 40% of average. The seasonal precipitation is 90% of average. Snow pack decreased from 110% of average
on April 1st to 80% of average on May 1st. The runoff forecasts for April-July 2008 range from 78% to 96% of average. This reflects
a drop over last month's forecasts resulting from another drop in average snowpack throughout the Sevier River Basin. The runoff
forecasts for May-July 2008 range from 75% to 93% of average.
![](graph/png/sv.vol.2008.5.png)
*Median of forecasts within each basin.
Sevier Basin Conditions
![](graph/png/sv.cond2.2008.5.png)
* 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
![](/rmap/grid800/asc/monthly/monthly.042008_cbrfc_.png)
![](/rmap/grid800/asc/seasonal/seasonal.042008_cbrfc_.png)
Hydrologist: Reed