| Show MR WEBB PREDICTS l As so much of our winter has gone a retrospective glance and a future discernment discern-ment may not be without profit or at i I east interest The continuous stormy j weather of the past few months corroborate I corrobo-rate iny statements of the past summer and it is far from over yet Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing the drought of last summer atmospherically atmos-pherically stormy skies and conditions prevailed and sailed forth above us and on reaching tho humid atmosphere in the east condensation and heave precipitation gave them dire and disastrous floods while with us the absence of snow in our mountains our parched and dried up soil were operating influences against precipitation Thus these very same stormy conditions failing to con dense and fall brought to us greater heat increasing our temperature This year we have immense deposits of snow in our mountains a thoroughly saturated ground throughout plain and valley and with a year again of phenomenally atmospheric stormy influences and conditions I look for an unusuai rainfall and not less than ten t twelve inches excess over the average aver-age for Utah and it may even reach the enormous figures of twenty to twenty five inches excess With the present formation giving us heavy squalls I of snow and some hail which will become heavier accompanied with high winds and gales cold and frosty the month will go out with an excess of I precipitation not less than between one and two inches for this month I am satis fled that the three comingmonths March I April and May will still add to our moun I taiutop snow supply and excessive wintry j precipitation for the valleys Our next coming winter will also be noted for heavy I excessive snowfall but not so frequent as j this winter There is no storm I care not j what its character but what is fore j shadowedand also a warning of its every possible feature given of more or less I duration always and never less than several hours before its occurrence I THOMAS WEnD |
