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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1030 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2005

...SNOWMELT RUNOFF WINDING DOWN...

SNOWMELT RUNOFF FROM THE NORTHERN NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS HAS
DIMINISHED TO LEVELS NOT FAR FROM MEAN FLOWS FOR LATE JUNE.

IN GENERAL...FLOW INTO THE UPPER RIO CHAMA AND UPPER RIO GRANDE
FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IS STILL ABOVE NORMAL
WHILE RUNOFF INTO THE UPPER PECOS RIVER FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS IS LESS THAN NORMAL.

SNOWMELT RUNOFF FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO IS KEEPING FLOWS IN THE ANIMAS RIVER AND RIO GRANDE AT
THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE AT 135 TO 165 PERCENT OF MEAN FLOW FOR
LATE JUNE. ABOVE NORMAL FLOW IN THE ANIMAS RIVER AND RIO GRANDE
AT THE STATE LINE IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST WELL INTO JULY.

THE THREAT FOR RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT RUNOFF
THIS SEASON HAS ENDED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SPRING SNOWMELT FLOOD
POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR THIS YEAR.

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