Show SEVERE COLD 1 t WAVE W AVE SWEEPS ACROSS UTAH I. I Co Coalville Reports 22 Below Zero for j fJ States State s Lowest L west Bitter cold settled over northern J Utah Saturday in the wake of ot Friday Friday Fri- Fri 5 day mornings morning's heavy snowstorm bringing the lowest temperatures in almost a year to the Salt Lake City area f Weather bureau officials reported a minimum temperature of 11 degrees dc- dc grees jrees here Saturday morning the theowest c lowest since last January 21 1 1 Co Coalville appeared to be bo the cold cold- t in the state with 22 d degrees grees below zero at 8 a. a m m. m Only two I colder s spots were charted on the weather map Winnipeg map Winnipeg Canada with a a. minimum of ot minus 38 degrees de grees and Moorhead Minn with minus 24 degrees Frigid weather helped retain S the water supply gains resulting from froni the storm of Thursday and Friday City water department officials re reported reported reported re- re ported that precipitation at the City Creek high highline line since October 1 is 1159 inches compared with 1117 Inches a year ago largely as a result of 16 inches of new snow which brought the total on the ground to 39 inches e 69 Inches at Brighton The latest storm boosted snow now depth at Brighton to 69 inches but total precipitation is slightly under that of a year vear a aeo o. o State r road ad scrapers pers have opened the entire state highway system K C. C Wright chief chie engineer of the road commission reported Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day although Icy glaze over many of oC the roads was slowing traffic Soldier Summit had a minimum temperature of 15 degrees below zero at 7 a a. a. a m m. Saturday and thermometers thermometers thermometers ther ther- at Bear lake recorded 9 below according to reports from Utah Power and Light company substations Temperatures at 7 a. a m. m in n other othe Utah points ponts were re re- re ported as Ogden 12 Logan 6 6 Eureka Eureka Eureka Eu Eu- reka 5 Helper 15 Provo canyon 10 A P Pacific high barometric pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure system has moved rapidly in inland inland inland in- in land to cover the northern plateau area weather men said in explaining explaining explaining explain explain- ing the sudden drop in temperature here Fair and not quite so cold weather er is predicted is-predicted for Salt Lake City and vicinity Saturday night while Sunda Sunday will be unsettled and somewhat somewhat some some- w what t warmer warmer in northwestern Utah 4 J I Over Normal Norm orni t Here Snow flurries Fr Friday day added 04 4 inch precipitation to Salt Lake City's supply boosting precipitation tion thus far in January to Inches as compared with a normal of ot for the month Unsafe condition of air fields be between between between be- be tween Lincoln Neb and Moline Ill because of drifting snow was disrupting commercial air schedules sched ules in this area Saturday despite relief from storm conditions Big Cottonwood and City Creek Creel streams which almost ceased to flow Jow Friday as a result of small mall occurring In both canyons canyons canyons can can- had broken through the obstructions obstructions obstructions ob ob- ob- ob and were flowing normally normally nor nor- mally matly Saturday it lt was reported at atthe atthe atthe the office of oC Water Water Commissioner George D. D Keyser Rain which Thursday night preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded snowstorms loosened accumulated accumulated snow snO on stream banks and when additional weight was added the mass mass' started moving While crews were searching along the streams to open miniature dams thus formed the water broke through S Big Cottonwood creek still a little below normal was was' flowing Jo 10 second second sec sec- see sec ond feet Cit City creek 6 second feet and Parleys Parley's creek 65 second feet cef Saturday 5 |