Runoff forecast below average

The Bureau of Reclamation has made their forecast for the runoff in the up coming months of April through July.

Basing the forecast on a 30 year average, the Boysen Reservoir and the snowmelt runoff for the Wind River are below the average.

Boysen is currently at 78 percent capacity. The April-July inflow to the reservoir is forecasted at 350,000 acre feet, which is 64 percent of the 30 year average of 548,300 acre feet.

The snowmelt runoff in the Wind River above Bull Lake Creek is expected to be 300,000 acre feet which is 74 percent of the 30 year average of 405,400 acre feet.