Show Valley Water Year Looks Good Following S Storms i A record week of storms rainstorms has pushed precipitation totals for Moab Valley over 1959 and 1960 marks with four months remaining unofficial f fIg figures i g u r res e s show A total of Inches of moisture moisture moisture mois mois- ture has been reported to the T-I T from the official measuring station at Uranium Reduction Co thus far this year The fIgure figure fig fIg- I ure approaches the year 20 average average average av av- av- av 1957 1937 of Inches inches' and tops the and 5 97 Inches of 1959 and 1960 Moab has not met the year 20 average for the past five years Last weeks week's storms st totalled Inches exclusive of Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and the weekend drizzle inch and a trace Although the storms on August 26 25 brought the biggest boost in the total they were not needed to top total That was exceeded on August 16 The month of April was the largest contributor prior to August One of the best storm periods in 10 years brought inches in a four-day four period at that time That rain appeared to be an omen of a wet year l 1 doubling the total of oi the first three months However May 15 to July 31 produced only 17 of an Inch The month of June yielded no measurable amount of rain August over a y 20 year 20 ar period has been a wet month August 1961 was exceptionally exceptionally so more than doubling doubting I the 90 inch average with a whopping Inches The probability of 1961 toppIng topping topping top top- ping the average is based on r records e c cor o r d s for the remaining months Their combined total precipitation has been Inches In past years Month by month the figures show September September Sep Sep- 84 October Inches November 61 and December 71 of an Inch The official water bucket does not tell teU the whole story for the past month and first week in September The August 26 25 storms yielded more in Moab than at the official station and more on the east flats fiats than In Moab Storms this week also put 4 Inches to more than a afoot afoot afoot foot of snow on the LaSal mountains moun moun- |