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Show Stream flow near normal report indicates Snow cover varies from 88 percent of average on Coal Creek to 128 percent on Enterprise -New Harmony drainages. Parowan Creek is 191 percent of average and Virgin River is 91 percent of the March 1 average, according to the Water Supply Outlook, report o( the Soil Cr n-servation n-servation Service. Precipitation at mountain stations varied from 133 percent of the January average on Parowan Creek to 96 percent on Coal Creek and the Virgin River. Soil Moisture is below average, the report indicates. Reservoir storage in Lake Powell is 17,199,000 acre-feet. Last March 1 it held 18,089,000 acre-feet. Streamflow forecasts improved im-proved during February and now range from 78 percent of average on Coal Creek to 111 percent for Lake Powell inflow. Virgin River is forecast at 85 percent of the April-June average and Santa Clara at 97 percent of average. Maximum mean daily snow melt peak flows are expected to be below average this season. |