Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about
1,800 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 16,000 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) 
----        -----     ----     -----     ----     -----     ---- 
Dec  5       6500    446.9      7600    634.9      7700    1127.1
Dec  6       6500    446.8      7600    634.9      7700    1127.4
Dec  7       6000    446.7      7600    634.8      7700    1127.6
Dec  8       5000    446.7      7600    634.8      7700    1127.9
Dec  9       6500    446.6      7600    634.8      7700    1128.1
Dec 10       6500    446.4      8600    634.6      5700    1128.4
Dec 11       6500    446.3      8600    634.3      5200    1128.7

Average      6200               7900               7100

Dec 12 to
Dec 18       4400    446.2      6500    634.3      6900    1130.6

Dec 19 to
Dec 25       3600    446.0      5000    635.1      6900    1132.4

Current Lake Powell storage is 16,662 thousand acre-feet (KAF)
(69 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 13,957 KAF (54 percent of capacity).
Total system storage is 38,452 KAF (65 percent of capacity).
Lake Powell elevation is 3,645.50 feet.

Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 426 cfs near the
Yuma Fourth Avenue Bridge and 1,579 cfs at the Northerly
International Boundary.  The average release from Painted Rock Dam
was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 25 cfs.  The Morelos Dam diversions for
the week of 05-Dec-2011 are expected to be 1,511 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.