Mid-Month Water Supply Outlook Update – East Side Sierra Nevada Basins California-Nevada River Forecast Center Issued Friday, April 11, 2008 Forecasts are based on preliminary data and are coordinated with the NRCS, Portland, OR. * DATA CURRENT AS OF: 4/11/08 14:00:00 APRIL 11, 2008 LAKE TAHOE BASIN 50% % of max 30% 70% min 30-yr Forecast Point period (KAF) avg (%) (%) (%) (%) avg -------------- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- LAKE TAHOE Rise (Gates Closed) (1) APR-HIGH 1.05 76 118 89 63 34 1.38 MAY-HIGH 0.75 69 123 86 53 16 1.08 TRUCKEE RIVER BASIN 50% % of max 30% 70% min 30-yr Forecast Point period (KAF) avg (%) (%) (%) (%) avg -------------- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- L TRUCKEE R abv Boca Reservoir APR-JUL 60.0 75 98 84 67 57 80.0 MAY-JUL 44.0 70 93 78 62 52 63.0 TRUCKEE R nr Farad, Ca APR-JUL 200 77 103 87 67 51 260 MAY-JUL 145 75 114 91 60 36 193 CARSON RIVER BASIN 50% % of max 30% 70% min 30-yr Forecast Point period (KAF) avg (%) (%) (%) (%) avg -------------- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- EF Carson R near Gardenerville, NV APR-JUL 152 80 100 88 72 61 189 MAY-JUL 122 79 107 90 67 50 155 WF CARSON R nr Woodfords, CA APR-JUL 42.0 75 94 83 67 56 56.0 MAY-JUL 32.0 73 105 86 60 40 44.0 CARSON R nr Carson City, NV APR-JUL 130 69 88 76 62 53 188 MAY-JUL 105 69 91 78 61 50 152 CARSON R at Fort Churchill, NV APR-JUL 115 65 87 74 56 43 178 MAY-JUL 92 63 88 74 53 39 145 WALKER RIVER BASIN 50% % of max 30% 70% min 30-yr Forecast Point period (KAF) avg (%) (%) (%) (%) avg -------------- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- E WALKER R nr Bridgeport, Ca. APR-AUG 56.0 84 84 84 84 84 67.0 MAY-AUG 48.0 81 123 98 64 40 59.0 W WALKER R blw L Walker nr ColevillAPR-JUL 128 82 103 90 74 62 156 MAY-JUL 113 82 109 93 71 55 138 Max is 90 percentile and min is 10 percentile except with footnote 1 below. Averages are for the 1971-2000 period. All volumes are in KAF. footnotes: 1) max is 95 percentile and min is 5 percentile
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