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 ISSUED:   FRI  JAN  4 2008    224 PM  PST


 NEXT: FRI  JAN  4 2008  800 PM PST

                     BULLETIN


             RUSSIAN/NAPA RIVER FORECAST 

CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SACRAMENTO, CA
              
 ATTENTION...THE FOLLOWING STAGES OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE
             HAVE OCCURRED OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FLOOD STAGE
        NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO 


THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NAVARRO AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS HAS  
ENDED.  BOTH RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST BY SATURDAY MORNING 
AND THEN RECEDE.



FORECASTS ARE BASED ON PRESENT AND FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL
AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ISSUANCE.


RUSSIAN RIVER AT
    HOPLAND 2 PM STAGE  16.2 FT
       NEAR CREST AT PRESENT TIME
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR   8.0 FT   SATURDAY MORNING
            MONITOR STAGE  18.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  21.0 FT
    HEALDSBURG 2 PM STAGE  15.9 FT
       FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  17.0 FT   FRIDAY EVENING
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR   9.0 FT   SATURDAY MORNING
            MONITOR STAGE  20.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  23.0 FT
    GUERNEVILLE BRIDGE 2 PM STAGE  20.1 FT
       FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  28.5 FT   SATURDAY MORNING
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR  26.0 FT   SATURDAY AFTERNOON
            MONITOR STAGE  29.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  32.0 FT

NAPA RIVER AT
    ST HELENA 1 PM STAGE  14.0 FT
       NEAR CREST AT PRESENT TIME
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR   6.0 FT   SATURDAY MORNING
            FLOOD STAGE  16.5 FT
     NAPA 2 PM STAGE  18.8 FT
       FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  20.0 FT   FRIDAY EVENING
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR  13.0 FT   SATURDAY MORNING
            MONITOR STAGE  22.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  25.0 FT

NAVARRO RIVER AT
    NAVARRO 1 PM STAGE  26.3 FT
       FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  27.0 FT   FRIDAY AFTERNOON
       THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  NEAR MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
       THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR  15.0 FT  LATE SATURDAY MORNING
            FLOOD STAGE  23.0 FT



UNLISTED FORECAST POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW MONITOR STAGE.
ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS.

SJS    

.AR HOPC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HG  16.2    :OBSERVED 
.ER HOPC1 20080104 P DH17/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 14.6/ 12.9/ 11.3/  9.6/ 
.ER1   8.0 
.AR HEAC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HG  15.9    :OBSERVED 
.ER HEAC1 20080104 P DH17/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 17.0/ 15.0/ 13.0/ 11.0/ 
.ER1   9.0 
.AR GUEC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HG  20.1    :OBSERVED 
.ER GUEC1 20080104 P DH17/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 21.8/ 23.5/ 25.1/ 26.8/ 
.ER1  28.5/ 27.7/ 26.8/ 26.0 
.AR SHEC1 20080104 P DH13/DC200801041424/HG  14.0    :OBSERVED 
.ER SHEC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 12.7/ 11.3/ 10.0/  8.7/ 
.ER1   7.3/  6.0 
.AR APCC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HG  18.8    :OBSERVED 
.ER APCC1 20080104 P DH17/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 20.0/ 18.2/ 16.5/ 14.8/ 
.ER1  13.0 
.AR NVRC1 20080104 P DH13/DC200801041424/HG  26.3    :OBSERVED 
.ER NVRC1 20080104 P DH14/DC200801041424/HGIFEZZ/DIH03/ 27.0/ 25.7/ 24.3/ 23.0/ 
.ER1  20.3/ 17.7/ 15.0

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