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Water Year 2013: Current Conditions and
Early Season Outlook in the Colorado River Basin
CRFS November 14, 2012
Water Year 2013:Entering the Season (what we know now):
Coming off one of worst runoff years - Soil Moisture (not good) - Baseflow (not good)ENSO Neutral Conditions (no help)
October:Another dry month- Upper Green River Basin near normal
November:Not great so far…
CBRFC Model Soil Moisture11/1/12
USGS Monthly Average StreamflowOctober 2012(includes regulated flows)
Base flows
East River at Almont, COAnimas River at Durango, CO
Yampa River at Steamboat Springs, COGreen at Warren Bridge, WY
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DEC JAN FEB MARAPR
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Lake PowellUnregulated Monthly Inflow
WY 2002WY 2012
KAF
Regulated Flows
ForecastVolumes
ENSO Neutral
Sources: cpc.ncep.noaa.gov and iri.columbia.edu/climate/ENSO
CPC Forecasts (10/18)
Nov. 13, 20125 Day Precipitation TotalGage/Radar Mosaic
Nov. 13, 20127 Day Precipitation Percent Normal
November 13, 2012
% Current Average
% Seasonal Peak
Upper Green 72 7
Yampa/White 58 7
Duchesne 113 15
Upper Colorado 54 7
Gunnison 58 8
Dolores 63 7
San Juan 70 10
November Precipitation Forecasts
Early Season ESP
10/15/2012
10/17/2012
10/19/2012
10/21/2012
10/23/2012
10/25/2012
10/27/2012
10/29/2012
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Flaming Gorge WY2013Apr-Jul ESP Volume Forecasts
5 day QPF 90%0 day QPF 90%
ESP RUN DATE
KAF
Early Season ESP
10/15/2012
10/17/2012
10/19/2012
10/21/2012
10/23/2012
10/25/2012
10/27/2012
10/29/2012
10/31/2012
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Blue MesaWY2013Apr-Jul ESP Volume Forecasts
5 day QPF 90%0 day QPF 90%
ESP RUN DATE
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Early Season ESP
10/15/2012
10/17/2012
10/19/2012
10/21/2012
10/23/2012
10/25/2012
10/27/2012
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Lake Powell WY2013Apr-Jul ESP Volume Forecasts
5 day QPF 90%0 day QPF 90%
ESP RUN DATE
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