Streamflow
The 50 percent chance April through September runoff is anticipated to
be near normal. The Wind River at Boysen is forecast to yield 860,000
acre feet (106 percent of average); the Nowood River near Ten Sleep
should yield near 66,000 acre feet (114 percent of normal); the
Greybull River at Meeteese should yield 215,000 acre feet (107 percent
of average); Shell Creek near Shell should yield 70,000 acre feet (93
percent of average) and the Bighorn River at Kane should yield
1,170,000 acre feet (104 percent of average).
================================================================================================================================== BIGHORN RIVER BASIN Streamflow Forecasts - February 1, 1999 ================================================================================================================================== | <<====== Drier ====== Future Conditions ======= Wetter =====>> | | | Forecast Point Forecast | ==================== Chance Of Exceeding * ====================== | Period | 90% 70% | 50% (Most Probable) | 30% 10% | 30-Yr Avg. | (1000AF) (1000AF) | (1000AF) (% AVG.) | (1000AF) (1000AF) | (1000AF) ====================================================================|=======================|===================================== BOYSEN Reservoir Inflow (2) APR-SEP 538 730 | 860 106 | 990 1182 809 | | NOWOOD RIVER nr Tensleep (D) APR-SEP 34 53 | 66 114 | 79 98 58 | | GREYBULL RIVER nr Meeteetse APR-SEP 181 201 | 215 107 | 229 249 201 | | SHELL CREEK nr Shell APR-SEP 59 65 | 70 93 | 75 81 75 | | BIGHORN RIVER at Kane (2) APR-SEP 787 975 | 1170 104 | 1365 1551 1124 | | ================================================================================================================================== BIGHORN RIVER BASIN | BIGHORN RIVER BASIN Reservoir Storage (1000 AF) - End of January | Watershed Snowpack Analysis - February 1, 1999 ================================================================================================================================== Usable | *** Usable Storage *** | Number This Year as % of Reservoir Capacity| This Last | Watershed of ================= | Year Year Avg | Data Sites Last Yr Average ========================================================================|========================================================= BOYSEN 596.0 569.3 549.3 580.7 | NOWOOD RIVER 5 116 90 | BIGHORN LAKE 1356.0 864.1 926.0 839.2 | GREYBULL RIVER 2 82 120 | | SHELL CREEK 4 115 105 | | BIGHORN (Boysen-Bighorn) 11 109 101 | ================================================================================================================================== * 90%, 70%, 30%, and 10% chances of exceeding are the probabilities that the actual volume will exceed the volumes in the table. The average is computed for the 1961-1990 base period. (1) - The values listed under the 10% and 90% Chance of Exceeding are actually 5% and 95% exceedance levels. (2) - The value is natural volume - actual volume may be affected by upstream water management.