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Upper Green
White Yampa
Colorado Abv Kremmling
Gunnison
Dolores
San Juan
Duchesne
Bear
Six Creeks
Weber
Provo
Sevier
Virgin
Gila
Salt
Verde LiDle Colorado
Col -‐Cameo
CBRFC Water Supply Forecast Basins
CBRFC WATER SUPPLY WEBINAR -‐ March 5th 1 pm MST Presented By: Greg Smith – Sr. Hydrologist
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CBRFC WATER SUPPLY WEBINAR – March 5th 1 pm MST Presented By: Greg Smith – Sr. Hydrologist
Today’s PresentaAon
February Weather Review Current CondiAons (driving the forecasts) March 1st Water Supply Forecast Summary Future Weather Outlook Area Extent of Snow Cover
This presentaAon available at: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/present/present2015.cgi Recording available at: hSp://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/podcasts/podcasts.php
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Feb 17 2015 – High Pressure Ridge Feb 23 2015 – PaSern Change !!
FEBRUARY WEATHER
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February and Seasonal PrecipitaAon
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PrecipitaAon March 1st – 4th 2015
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February Temperatures * Warmest February on Record – Several LocaAons * * Snowmelt and Increased Streamflow in February *
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SNOTEL SWE – MAR 4 2015 SNOTEL SWE – FEB 3 2015
SNOW CONDITIONS
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SNOW CONDITIONS
Snow Rankings as of March 3rd
Red – Lowest on Record Orange – Lowest 2nd-‐5th on record
Period of Record
Most around 30-‐36 years
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San Juan Above Navajo Virgin River
Basin
Dolores River Basin
SNOTEL SAMPLE
This Year Last Year
Average = Blue Line Median = Purple Line
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Duchesne
Green above Fontenelle
Upper Colorado Main
Six Creeks
SNOTEL SAMPLE
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Model Snow 3/4/2015
Model Snow 2/4/2015
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Model Soil Moisture and Snow – Where are the signals the same ? Model Soil Moisture
11/15/2015 Model Snow 2/4/2015
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March 1st Water Supply Forecasts Apr-‐Jul Volumes / % Average – (50% exceedance forecasts)
Navajo Res: 415 KAF / 57%
Blue Mesa: 600 KAF / 89%
Colorado-‐Cameo: 2110 KAF / 89%
Yampa-‐Deerlodge: 925 KAF / 75%
McPhee Res: 230 KAF / 78%
Lake Powell: 5100 KAF / 71%
Weber-‐Oakley: 79 KAF / 67%
Virgin-‐Virgin: 28 KAF / 43%
Provo-‐Woodland: 71 KAF / 71%
Bear-‐UT/WY Stateline: 91 KAF / 81 %
Flaming Gorge: 825 KAF / 84%
Fontenelle: 710 KAF / 98%
Liale Coaonwood-‐SLC: 25 KAF / 66 %
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March 1st Water Supply Forecasts Apr-‐Jul Volumes / % Of Average Change from February 1st Forecasts
Navajo Res + 15 KAF
Blue Mesa -‐20 KAF
Colorado-‐Cameo -‐40 KAF
Yampa -‐ Deerlodge -‐20 KAF
McPhee Res + 25 KAF
Lake Powell -‐100 KAF
Weber-‐Oakley -‐8 KAF
Virgin-‐Virgin -‐4 KAF
Provo-‐Woodland -‐11 KAF
Bear-‐UT/WY Stateline -‐4 KAF
Flaming Gorge -‐50 KAF
Fontenelle -‐15 KAF
Liale Coaonwood-‐SLC: -‐5 KAF
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Salt -‐ Roosevelt: 135 KAF / 56%
Verde-‐Horseshoe: 117 KAF / 109%
Gila-‐Gila: 50 KAF / 56%
Liale Colorado-‐Lyman: 1.2 KAF / 21%
March 1st Water Supply Forecasts Mar-‐May Volumes / % Median
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Lake Powell – Model Forecast EvoluAon Plot
Official 1st of Month Forecasts
Model rebound since Mid February
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Forecast Guidance EvoluAon Plot
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FUTURE WEATHER There it is – Ridge of high pressure building into the area over the next few days
-‐ Satellite image as of 3/5/2015 -‐
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FUTURE WEATHER Dry weather through late next week
-‐ Model Guidance For Saturday March 7th-‐
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FUTURE WEATHER PrecipitaAon returns next weekend
-‐ Model Guidance For Saturday March 14th-‐
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Quanftafve Precipitafon Forecast Weather PredicAon Center
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov
7 Day Total March 5-‐12
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LONG RANGE OUTLOOK
Climate PredicAon Center 90 day outlooks
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LONG RANGE OUTLOOK
Weak El Nino Exists
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LONG RANGE WEATHER – CLIMATE SIGNAL
Currently weak El Nino condiAons. Neutral late spring. Raw model shows tendency toward El Nino remainder of 2015
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Area Extent of Snow
• Important model state affects both Aming and volume of runoff / seasonal recession
• Larger impact to late season forecasts • Related to the snow amount within the model • Wish to “fine tune” model states (late season-‐melt)
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Lower (8176-‐9170 ): 57% Middle (9170-‐11138): 98% Upper (11138 – 12874): 100%
ElevaAon Band (FT) Snow Cover (%)
Snow Cover From the Model -‐ Lake Fork nr Gateway (Gunnison Basin)
Snow Cover (percent)
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Area Extent of Snow
• Gather and process JPL (observed) extent of snow cover data • Develop relaAonship between observed (JPL) and Model snow cover
• RelaAonship must consider the affect of tree canopy • Given the model snow cover we can predict the typical observed extent
• Flag big differences between observed and predicted snow cover extent • PotenAally remove or add snow in the model based on the result • TesAng the process • Implement operaAonally (possibly this spring)
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JPL (Observed) Snow Cover Data -‐ Lake Fork nr Gateway (Gunnison Basin)
Snow Cover (percent)
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IniAal Results We examined Lake Fork at Gateway in the Gunnison basin for 2000-‐2010 and found that it usually flagged bad years correctly. – 2000 and 2004 were flagged as not having enough areal extent. The
calibraAon was under predicAng these years and adding snow would have helped.
– 2008 was flagged as having too much areal extent late in the melt. Here there was too much snow and removing some snow would have helped.
– 2009 and 2010 it flagged as having too much areal extent late in the melt. These were high dust years and the model melted the snow too late. This indicated a Aming (temperature) issue and not necessarily a SWE issue.
ConAnue to test and work out some issues and possibly implement a process for updaAng this spring.
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2015 Scheduled Webinars
March 10 at 1 pm MT – Peak Flow April 7 at 11am MT May 7 at 11am MT
RegistraAon available: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/news/wswebinar2015.html
• 2015 Key Water Supply Contacts: – Michelle Stokes (Hydrologist in Charge) – Brenda Alcorn (Upper Colorado, Lake Powell) – Ashley Nielson (Green + Yampa / White) – Greg Smith (San Juan + Gunnison + Dolores) – Paul Miller (Great Basin – Bear, Weber, Provo, Six-‐Creeks/Jordan) – Tracy Cox (Lower Colorado + Virgin + Sevier)
Please contact us with any specific quesfons