Show March Marc Will Be March Freak Storm Gives Cedar City Snow A A. freakish I 1 localized o 0 c a 1 Ii 1 z zed e d storm which apparently centered In In c Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar City Iron county left approximately I six inches of oCh heavy avy water- water content snow in that area early Thursday in a feature t at re of ot the cur current current cur cur- rent lion and lion and mb activities of ot March weather The snow mow starting g to fall at at 6 pm p.m. Wednesday added 82 Inches of precipitation to the areas area's season season season sea sea- son total Weight of ot the snow broke limbs from trees and sagged power and telephone lines to the gro ground n in some cases pulling the them thern from poles During the height of ot the storm from 6 8 pm p.m. to midnight traffic on on highways and roads In IIi th the Cedar City area was waa vt virtually ally at ataL atac ac L standstill Paragonah P small mall community 25 5 miles mUes north of ot Cedar City reported an Inch S snowfall at t th the same time while reported heavy snows as far north as Beaver Beav Beav- er and 25 miles south of ot Cedar a City 1 Disappears Fast Scattered cl clouds covered the I area Thursday morning and the snow snow was disappearing before a warm wind and arid degree 40 temper temper- at attires res Although Cedar CedarS S City's unusual weather highlighted the picture Mar March h continued Its quilt crazy weather pattern patten throughout the state In Salt Lake nippy winds snow flurries rainstorms and brief periods periods pe pe- pe- pe nods of sunshine which have featured fea tea featured the month thus far tar showed no signs of ot change according to weather observers Although Wednesdays Wednesday's days high of ot 48 was expected to be matched Thursday the intermountain mountain area was covered by scattered clouds and rain was Friday along with a slight drop in tem tern A storm from the Pacific ocean now has struck the thc Pacific coast and is expected to arrive in Salt SaIt Lake Friday afternoon or evening Wednesdays Wednesday's high of 48 and low of ot 33 combined for a normal mean of 40 A high of 42 is hJ s expected Fri Fri- day Near N Normal With 08 inches of ot precipitation recorded in the past 24 hours total total total to to- tal precipitation since Oct 1 1947 1047 barely kept even with normal for forthe forthe forthe the period with a a. tot total 1 of inches A water supply forecast for the Great Salt Lake basin Issued as of ot March 1 indicates that if near- near normal precipitation occurs from from Mar March h through June normal near water supplies will be available Jn In In watersheds adjacent to Salt Lake I City February precipitation accordIng accord accord- Ing to the report ranges from 25 to of ot normal with the lighter lighten light lIght- er en precipitation occurring In the Utah lake area I |