Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 2,000
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 15,000 cfs during a 24-hour
period. River levels will vary during the 24-hour periods with
the higher levels coinciding with periods of peak hydroelectric
power generation.  Levels below the dams are usually highest
during the afternoon and early evening.  Average daily releases
may vary in response to changing conditions.

Average daily releases and midnight lake elevations for the
week, as well as anticipated averages for the following 2 weeks,
are scheduled as follows:


            Parker             Davis              Hoover         
            Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake     Dam       Lake 
            Average   Havasu   Average   Mohave   Average   Mead 
            Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.    Release   Elev.
Date        (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft)     (cfs)     (ft) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Jan 24       8000    446.6     10000    642.7      9500    1090.5
Jan 25       8500    446.5     10000    642.6      9500    1090.7
Jan 26       8000    446.6      9800    642.5      9500    1090.9
Jan 27       6000    446.8      9800    642.5      9500    1091.1
Jan 28       8000    446.8      9800    642.4      9500    1091.3
Jan 29       8000    446.9      9800    642.2      7400    1091.6
Jan 30       8000    446.9      9800    642.0      6700    1091.8

Average      7800               9900               8800

Jan 31 to
Feb  6       7200    447.1      9100    642.7     10700    1093.1

Feb  7 to
Feb 13       7500    447.0      9900    643.1     11000    1094.4

Current Lake Powell storage is
14,041 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (58 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 10,582 KAF (41 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 32,218 KAF (54 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,622.60 feet.

The April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 9.3 million
acre-feet or 117 percent of average.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 749 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 2,490 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary. The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 2 cfs and Alamo Dam was 24 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions
for the week of 24-Jan-2011 are expected to be 2,403 cfs. 

ALL RIVER USERS should remember that fluctuating river flows may
conceal or create natural hazards such as moving sandbars, gravel
bars, unstable riverbanks, floating or submerged debris, or other
unfamiliar obstacles. Caution should be exercised while using the
river between Davis Dam and the Mexican Border at San Luis, Arizona.