Show Basin Is Assured Of Va Water hater tel For Summer According to Clyde Lambert forest ranger in the mountain section U the e avera average e Jepth of of snow as revealed by a recent survey made by the forest department measures inches with a water content of 18 inches Depth of snow is more than double the average covering on the ground at this time last year 32 inches being the mean depth Water content however is a little below normal This is due perhaps to the early snows that fell tell In November and December when the weather was cold and the snow of a light t frosty char char- acter Normal snow should contain contain contain con con- tain about 18 98 per cent water With this depth of snow fear of drought may be abandoned ranger Lambert believes An abundance abundance abundance a- a of water is assured if ordinary weather conditions prevail prevail prevail pre pre- vail with a possibility for an excess ex ex- ess cess of water |