Colorado River Forecasting Service (CRFS) Technical Committee
Agenda
Fall 2011 Meeting
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
2242 W North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Call-in number:
1-877-929-0660
Participant code: 1706374
Go-to meeting:
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10:00 am Welcome and introductions
10:15 am Green River Basin: Upper and Lower Green/Yampa/White and Duchesne
· CBRFC and NRCS discussion: Review water supply forecasts from 2011 for Fontenelle and Flaming Gorge Reservoirs and Yampa River Basin.
· Reclamation (UC) discussion: Fontenelle and Flaming Gorge Reservoirs WY2011 operations.
10:35 am Upper Colorado Basin: Gunnison/Dolores/San Juan Basins
· CBRFC and NRCS discussion: Review 2011 water supply forecasts and conditions for the Aspinall Unit and Navajo Reservoir.
· Reclamation (UC) discussion: The Aspinall Unit and Navajo Reservoir WY2011 operations.
10:55 am Upper Colorado Mainstem: Lake Powell
· CBRFC and NRCS discussion: Review 2011 water supply forecasts and conditions for Lake Powell. Early look at 2012 forecast for Lake Powell.
· Reclamation (UC & LC) discussion: Coordinated operations at Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Mead for WY2010/2011.
11:15 am Lower Colorado and Virgin Basins: Salt/Gila/Little Colorado/Virgin River Basin
· CBRFC and NRCS discussion: Review of 2011 forecasts and conditions for Lake Mead.
· Reclamation (LC) discussion: 2011 operations.
11:30 am Agency updates:
· Western Area Power Administration.
· USGS
· Army Corps of Engineers
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm CBRFC and NRCS updates:
· Status and Impacts of new normals
· New Water Supply Methodology
2:00 pm CBRFC updates:
· Weekly ESP proposed enhancements
· Re-calibrations to include new period of record
· August versus October forecast volume differences
2:20 pm NRCS updates:
· New SNOTEL sites
2:30 pm USBR updates:
· Status of MTOM (UC)
· Mead Evaporation Project status (LC)
3:00 pm Business
· Next meeting date
· Miscellaneous
3:15 pm Adjourn
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Fall, 2011 Meeting November 8, 2011