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Show K'"V"m .-s - :5ci lp December 1982 ; l-TpyV) 4 T'Z-f' L PRECIPITATION i J . J 7 y Kixfi .1 Percentage of the ! C v,y ' ':;-'::vi-'vv;::i 1963-77 Average ! "" ' NationaWeathei Sec 'ilCE(R, 15CS ' IS-iS J M'Ysc'A'.' ''..''Vtf r UTAH , I frf y OCT 1982 - DEC 1982 j ) TT$Ti Iffi PRECIPITATION ! ) A" ayvvUifT0 J Percentage of the 1 n ?S, I V 1 1963-77 average ! Krl t-,-- " ! noaa I I el 7sL"J n pd National Weather Service Water supply outlook good for Uintah Basin Water supply for Eastern Utah this year looks good, according to the National Na-tional Weather Service. Spring runoff over most of the Basin should be above normal. Precipitation for the first three months of this water year was above normal. Specifically: October has generally below normal temperatures and below normal precipitation; November, temperatures near normal and precipitation well above normal; December also established itself as the snowiest month (calendar year) of 1982. M any weather Service stations reported snowfall greater than 150 of normal. Seasonal precipitation ranges from slightly above normal in the southeast to 150 along the east central mountains. Duchesne and Strawberry basins are generally 129 of normal. The mountain snowpack over the Duchesne River watershed averages 171 of the January 1 normal; Price, .133; San Rafael, 200; Muddy, 153; Green, 142 and southeastern Utah 226. Seasonal streamflow for October through December was above normal. Flow for this period on the Green River at Green River was .224 of normal. December flow at Green River was 187,000 acre-feet, 178 of normal. January 1, 1983 storage in Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 3.3 million acre-feet, 88 of capacity and 523,000 acre-feet higher than last year at this time. Storage in Lake Powell is 22.6 million acre-feet, 90 of capacity and 2.5 mffle acre-feet higher than last year. April-July April-July forecast inflows to Lake Powell ani Flaming Gorge Reservoirs are 7.1 million acre-feet (112 ) and 1.22 milliof (94), respectively. The 1983 water supply outlook is near average for the Uintah Basin and Da gett Soil Conservation Districts, according accor-ding to the January SCS report. Snow cover ranges from 9C average in Daggett County to better thai twice the average on Whiterocks Watershed. Water-shed. Ashley Creek is 146 of averagf Strawberry River 149, and Lakefori Yellowstone Rivers are 165 of JanuaP 1 average for the 1963-77 15 yearperi Precipitation at mountain station-ranged station-ranged from 123 to 184 for tt October-December period. Soil moisture is above average due-good due-good August and September rains on fc watershed. Reservoir storage is well abovf average. Streamflow forecasts range from 8$ of averageon Henrys Fork to 133 ffi Strawberry River from the Aprirf! period. Other streams are forecast s follows: Duchesne at Tabiona 126, Duchesne 122, at Myton 131, '' Randlett 124, and West Fork Duches 129 of the April-July average. Currai Creek is forecast 129, Rock Cref 118, Lakefork 108, Yellowstone l; Uintah 106, Whiterocks 112 iC Ashley Creek 130. |