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June 1st Water Supply Outlook Update – East Side - Humboldt - Klamath
California-Nevada River Forecast Center
Issued Tuesday, June 3, 2008

                                JUNE 1, 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 0.55   40   64   48   32   15  1.38
                                   MAY-HIGH 0.55   51   78   59   43   24  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  49.0   61   77   67   56   49  80.0
                                   MAY-JUL  37.0   59   79   66   52   44  63.0
TRUCKEE R nr Farad, Ca             APR-JUL   158   61   75   67   55   46   260
                                   MAY-JUL   116   60   80   68   52   40   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   112   59   64   61   57   54   189
WF CARSON R nr Woodfords, CA       APR-JUL  29.0   52   57   54   50   47  56.0
CARSON R nr Carson City, NV        APR-JUL    75   40   47   43   37   33   188
                                   MAY-JUL    63   41   50   45   38   34   152
CARSON R at Fort Churchill, NV     APR-JUL    60   34   51   40   27   17   178
                                   MAY-JUL    53   37   53   43   30   20   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  42.0   63   63   63   63   63  67.0
                                   MAY-AUG  38.0   64   97   77   51   32  59.0
W WALKER R blw L Walker nr ColevillAPR-JUL   105   67   88   76   59   47   156
                                   MAY-JUL    92   67   90   76   57   43   138





UPPER HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN                                                      
                                            50%  % of  max  30%  70%  min 30-yr
Forecast Point                     period  (KAF)  avg  (%)  (%)  (%)  (%)  avg
--------------                     ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----

HUMBOLDT R at Palisades, Nv        APR-JUL   125   50   85   64   36   15   250
                                   MAY-JUL   107   55   97   72   38   13   195


LOWER HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN                                                      
                                            50%  % of  max  30%  70%  min 30-yr
Forecast Point                     period  (KAF)  avg  (%)  (%)  (%)  (%)  avg
--------------                     ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----

HUMBOLDT R nr Imlay, Nv            APR-JUL    65   35  101   62   17    1   188
                                   MAY-JUL    57   40  123   74   17    1   141

KLAMATH BASIN
                                            50%  % of  max  30%  70%  min 30-yr
Forecast Point                     period  (KAF)  avg  (%)  (%)  (%)  (%)  avg
--------------                     ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----

Clear Lake Inflow (2)              JUN-JUL   5.2   72 13.9  8.7 1.69 0.20   7.2
                                   JUN-SEP   8.7   72 17.1 12.1  5.3 0.30  12.1
Gerber Reservoir Inflow (2)        JUN-JUL  1.40   77  4.0  2.5 0.35 0.05  1.82
                                   JUN-SEP  1.80   75  4.4  2.8 0.75 0.10   2.4
Sprague R nr Chiloquin             JUN-JUL    49   88   67   56   42   31    56
                                   JUN-SEP    72   88   94   81   63   50    82
Williamson R bl Sprague R nr ChiloqJUN-JUL    97   99  119  106   88   75    98
                                   JUN-SEP   160   99  189  172  148  131   162
Upper Klamath Lake Inflow (1,2)    JUN-JUL   108   98  156  123   93   60   110
                                   JUN-SEP   195   98  265  215  174  127   198


 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
 2) streamflow is adjusted for upstream storage
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