Show Water supply o outlook ok The water supply outlook for eastern Utah according to the National Weather Service River Forecast Service Center in Salt SaIl Lake City as of March 1 is as follows forecasts fell 10 to 15 percent from last month due to continued low precipitation amounts The Green River at al Flaming Gorge is forecast to be 37 percent of the 1972 1958 average of March larch through September flow decreasing to 33 percent at Green Gren River Utah The White and Yampa Rivers are 40 to 55 53 percent and the Uintah Basin 15 to 45 percent These forecasts arc are near the record lows recorded in 1934 FEBRUARY precipitation was 40 to 70 percent of normal in inthe inthe inthe the northern part of the area decreasing to 20 to 30 percent south of Green River Seasonal totals are arc record lows for many northern points The northern section is 20 to 30 percent of normal increasing southward to 50 to 60 percent south of Green River Utah March 1 measurements were lower than those of February 1 for many points which is a very unusual circumstance Water equivalent amounts are generally 0 to 30 percent of normal The water year flow to date at Fontenelle Reservoir has been feet acre-feet 75 percent of oC normal Flaming Gorge feet acre-feet 44 percent Green River feet acre-feet 58 percent and Strawberry Reservoir feet acre-feet 25 percent The July April-July inflow forecast for Flaming Gorge Reservoir is feet acre-feet and for Fontenelle Storage in Flaming Gorge Reservoir is feet acre-feet 78 percent of the usable capacity |