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Water Summary Today is day 278 of 365 for the Water Year 2009. We are 76% through the Water Year. Last Reading: 7518.97 on Jul 4, 2009
Blue Mesa was last within 2" of this elevation on Jul 3, 2009

Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
By content, Blue Mesa is 99.56% of Full Pool (829,500 af)	Total inflows for water year 2009: 844,160 acre feet This is 113.29% of the July 4th average of 745,159 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2009: 662,927 acre feet This is 57.87% of last year's release of 1,145,578 acre feet
During WY 2009, water storage has risen by 175,883 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 181,233 AF
Inflows for WY 2009 are 80.18% of WY 2008 Rivers feeding are running at 0% of the Jul 5th avg. Click for Details

View Acre Feet Last 14 Measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Sat, Jul 04, 2009 7518.97 0.02 825845 2691 2572 n/a n/a n/a

Fri, Jul 03, 2009 7518.95 0.03 825661 2873 2709 77.0 44.6 n/a

Thu, Jul 02, 2009 7518.92 -0.06 825387 2812 3063 77.0 53.6 n/a

Wed, Jul 01, 2009 7518.98 -0.04 825936 2796 2954 73.4 48.2 n/a

Tue, Jun 30, 2009 7519.02 0.01 826302 3161 3089 80.6 42.8 n/a

Mon, Jun 29, 2009 7519.01 -0.02 826211 3409 3476 80.6 42.8 n/a

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 7519.03 -0.09 826394 3630 4020 80.6 44.6 n/a

Sat, Jun 27, 2009 7519.12 -0.03 827219 4026 4139 78.8 46.4 n/a

Fri, Jun 26, 2009 7519.15 0.14 827494 4215 3543 75.2 44.6 n/a

Thu, Jun 25, 2009 7519.01 0.09 826211 3608 3167 69.8 50.0 n/a

Wed, Jun 24, 2009 7518.92 0.12 825387 3362 2782 78.8 53.6 n/a

Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7518.80 0.15 824289 3391 2673 80.6 44.6 n/a

Mon, Jun 22, 2009 7518.65 0.14 822917 3284 2613 78.8 39.2 n/a

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 7518.51 0.19 821638 3492 2592 78.8 39.2 n/a

Averages of List 7518.93 0.05 825492.21 3339.29 3099.43 77.69 45.71 n/a

Averages for July 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Since Filled 7503.52 0.12 696315.02 2561.15 2009.45 78.80 44.60 n/a

All-Time 7503.52 0.12 696315.02 2561.15 2009.45 78.80 44.60 n/a

Last 10 July 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Sat, Jul 05, 2008 7507.11 0.58 720951 3949 1430 78.8 44.6 n/a

Thu, Jul 05, 2007 7514.58 -0.03 786158 1336 1445 n/a n/a n/a

Wed, Jul 05, 2006 7516.30 -0.22 801583 1382 2358 n/a n/a n/a

Tue, Jul 05, 2005 7498.11 0.25 640366 2217 1173 n/a n/a n/a

Mon, Jul 05, 2004 7497.02 -0.13 635509 1009 1640 n/a n/a n/a

Sat, Jul 05, 2003 7479.94 0.26 505557 972 0 n/a n/a n/a

Fri, Jul 05, 2002 7469.98 -0.32 435660 405 1477 n/a n/a n/a

Thu, Jul 05, 2001 7501.72 -0.04 675553 1340 1482 n/a n/a n/a

Wed, Jul 05, 2000 7507.57 -0.17 724887 1072 1784 n/a n/a n/a

Mon, Jul 05, 1999 7516.69 0.15 805104 2911 2203 n/a n/a n/a

Averages of List 7500.90 0.03 673132.80 1659.30 1499.20 78.80 44.60 n/a

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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Gunnison, CO
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation

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Water data courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes): Gunnison, CO Weather
Weather forecast for Gunnison, CO
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
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