ZCZC FTWESPFWR
TTAA00 KFWR 061958 




                           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                        WEST GULF RIVER FORECAST CENTER
  1999 WATER SUPPLY FORECAST                       ISSUED AS OF APR 1, 1999


                                FORECAST RUNOFF                      AVERAGE
                                                                      RUNOFF
                                  MOST     REASONABLE   REASONABLE     30YR
                                PROBABLE    MAXIMUM      MINIMUM    1961-1990
    FORECAST           FORECAST        %            %            %
      POINT             PERIOD 1000  30YR   1000  30YR   1000  30YR    1000
                          (*)   AF   AVG.    AF   AVG.    AF   AVG.     AF
                    *(1)APR-SEP
                    *(2)MAR-JUL
 Rio Grande                                        
  Wagon Wheel Gap, CO     (1)   235   71     347  105     125   38     330
  Del Norte nr, CO        (1)   385   74     546  105     224   43     520
  Otowi Bridge, NM        (2)   350   51     741  108     192   28     686
  San Marcial, NM         (2)   180   36     521  104     120   24     501
 South Fork Rio Grande                             
  South Fork, CO          (1)   100   76     143  108      57   43     132
 Saguache Creek                                    
  Saguache nr, CO         (1)    20   59      35  102      13   38      34
 Alamosa Creek                                     
  Terrace Reservoir Inflow(1)    47   68      65   94      29   42      69
 Conejos River                                     
  Mogote nr, CO           (1)   135   67     185   92      84   42     201
 Culebra Creek                                     
  San Luis, CO            (1)    13   65      27  133      10   49      20
 Red River                                         
  Blo Fish Hat,Questa nr, (2)    18   55      25   77      12   36      33
 Rio Hondo                                         
  Valdez nr, NM           (2)   9.0   55      14   85       5   31     16.4
 Rio Pueblo de Taos                                
  Los Cordovas blo, NM    (2)    13   41      23   72       7   23      32
 Rio Chama                                         
  El Vado res Inflow, NM  (2)   140   63     219   98      78   35     223
  Chamita nr, NM          (2)   166   58     356  125      57   20     285
 Rio Ojo Caliente                                  
  La Madera, NM           (2)    22   56      50  128       8   20      39
 Santa Cruz River                                  
  Cundiyo, NM             (2)   8.0   49      16   99       4   27     16.2
 Pecos River                                       
  Pecos nr, NM            (2)    20   41      54  111      11   22      49
  Anton Chico nr, NM      (2)    11   21      48   92       8   16      52
  Santa Rosa Lake Inflow, (2)     8   18      37   83       6   14      45
 Gallinas Creek                                    
  Montezuma nr, NM        (2)   3.0   39       6   74       2   20      7.8

     B A S I N    S N O W P A C K
     ----------------------------

     RIO GRANDE BASIN, COLORADO
        current swe (% of avg)          current swe( % of last year) 
               56 %                            62 %

     RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO
        current swe (% of avg)          current swe( % of last year) 
               30 %                            30 %

    
 Note! SNOWFALL AFTER APRIL 1 HAS PRODUCED AVERAGES 10 TO 20% HIGHER
       THAN THE ABOVE APRIL 1 NUMBERS.


     B A S I N    R E S E R V O I R    S T O R A G E
     -----------------------------------------------

     RIO GRANDE BASIN, COLORADO
        current storage (% of avg)      current storage( % of last year) 
              142 %                           107 %

     RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO
        current storage (% of avg)      current storage( % of last year) 
              175 %                            88 %