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Big Thompson River Forecasting
Eastern Colorado Area Office
• Manages projects local to Colorado’s Front Range
• Numerous activities and responsibilities
• Two main projects:– Colorado-Big
Thompson– Fryingpan-Arkansas
The Eastern Colorado Area Office in Loveland, CO
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Natural Inflow can be Skimmed
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Big Thompson Forecasting Project
• CHPS FEWS System• Natural Inflow to Lake Estes• Natural Flow on North Fork at Drake• Big Thompson River at Mouth of Canyon
• Forecasts• 1-hr Timestep• Short-term• Ensembles
Big Thompson Forecasting Project
• Implemented by Riverside, missing runoff 2013 opportunity.
• To be Operated in 2014 by ECAO• Eventually, transferred to MBRFC• Partnership for Forecasting• MBRFC—Day-to-day forecasting and
maintenance• ECAO—Occasional forecasting and
scenario investigation
Big Thompson Forecasting Project
Big Thompson Forecasting Project
Big Thompson Forecasting Project
Thank you and Questions