HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
917 AM MDT SUN APR 6 2008
...WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION SERVICE STREAMFLOW VOLUME FORECASTS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING AS OF MARCH 2008...
SNOWMELT STREAMFLOW VOLUMES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE TO ABOVE
AVERAGE DURING THE UPCOMING SPRING AND SUMMER FOR THE WATERSHEDS IN
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING.
THE FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY STREAMFLOW VOLUME FORECASTS FOR
SELECTED POINTS:
MOST PROBABLE FORECAST
VOLUME PERCENT
STREAM AND STATION PERIOD 1000 AF OF AVG
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NORTH PLATTE RIVER
NORTHGATE NEAR, CO APR-SEP 325 120
SEMINOE RES INFLOW APR-JUL 960 120
APR-SEP 1030 120
GLENDO BLO, WY APR-SEP 1120 113
GUERNSEY RES BLO, WY APR-SEP 1150 114
ALCOVA TO ORIN, WY GAIN APR-JUL 124 82
ALCOVA TO ORIN, WY GAIN APR-SEP 132 82
ROCK CREEK
ARLINGTON NEAR, WY APR-SEP 53 93
LA PRELE CREEK
LA PRELE RESERVOIR ABOVE APR-SEP 15.6 65
ENCAMPMENT RIVER
ENCAMPMENT NEAR, WY APR-SEP 200 121
LARAMIE RIVER
WOODS LANDING NEAR, WY APR-SEP 151 112
LITTLE LARAMIE RIVER
FILMORE NEAR, WY APR-SEP 67 105
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
SLATER NEAR, WY APR-JUL 200 126
DIXON NEAR, WY APR-JUL 430 130
ABBREVIATIONS USED:
RES = RESERVOIR
BLO = BELOW
***ASSUMPTIONS***
--THESE FORECAST VOLUMES REFLECT NATURAL FLOW. ACTUAL OBSERVED FLOW
WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY UPSTREAM WATER MANAGEMENT.
--ALL AVERAGES ARE FOR THE PERIOD 1971 THROUGH 2000.
--THIS OUTLOOK IS BASED ON RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF SNOWPACK AND
ASSUMES NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SNOW SEASON. IF
THE ACTUAL OBSERVED PRECIPITATION DEVIATES FROM THE NORMAL...THEN THE
ACTUAL OBSERVED RUNOFF WILL LIKELY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE FORECASTS IN
THIS OUTLOOK.
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AND RIVER INFORMATION INCLUDING REAL TIME GRAPHS OF RIVER FLOW/STAGE.
JR