Show d 2 Water Supply Outlook For Eastern Utah as of May 1964 THE WEATHER PATTERNS during April were most favorable over nearly all areas of Eastern In the upper Duchesne Basin precipitation amounts for the month were in the range of to of the monthly amounts decreased downstream to about normal in the Fort Duchesne-Vernal Over the headwaters of the Strawberry and Price Rivers and over Huntington amounts for the month were near of COMPARED TO THE OUTLOOK of a month the forecasts have been increased 5 to Although the forecast still indicates considerably below average most areas should have an adequate water supply this season with only limited shortages MOON LAKE RESERVOIR is expected to reach maximum contents of about acre-feet this season assuming average reservoir The total flow below Duchesne flow of the Duchesne and Strawberry is forecast to be acre-feet of for the April-June This shows an increase of acre-feet due to the very favorable April The combined flow during May is expected to be and acre-feet during IN the storage at the end of April was acre-feet increase of acre-feet during the With average reservoir the maximum contents are forecast to be near acre-feet during the first week of June Water-year flow of the lower reaches of the Price River and Huntington Creek is expected to be near 65 of the FORECASTS for the May-September period of the major stations in Eastern Utah are listed May-September Stream and Station Forecast acre-feet average ASHLEY CREEK near Vernal 73 ROCK CREEK near Home 68 DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near Hanna 72 near Tabiona 66 at Duchesne 50 at Myton 52 STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow 53 at Duchesne 52 LAKE FORK Moon Lake Reservoir Inflow 74 PRICE RIVER Scofield 89 near Heiner 63 HUNTINGTON CREEK near Huntington 65 Corrected for Diversion andor Reservoir Weather Salt Lake Eugene L. in |