Show HEAVY SNOW BLOCKS TWO STATE ROADS M Months Month's nth's Precipitation I Is Nearly Double Normal Total Steady snowfall Monday de deepened pen the white blanket blanke covering Salt Lake City and vicinity making automobile travel hazardous and blocking two state roads A covered the state road commission plow at evils Devils Gate in Weber canyon canyon canyon can can- yon Mond Monday y morning but no noone noone noone one was vas injured and K CWright C C. Wright chief chiet engineer of the road commission reported the road would be opened shortly Deep snow v also had blocked the I Iro ro road d through Ogden canyon Into Huntsville Mr Wright reported More than three thre inches of snow snow fell tell in fri Salt L Lake ke City before noon Mo Monday boosting precipitation for tor fo this month to nearly early double norma normal for all aU of af January S I In some somo sections sections' of the city the snow lay almost a foot deep The disguising layer of new snow over streets made icy as a result o of last Fridays Friday's snowstorm caused automobiles automobiles automobiles au au- au- au operated by unwary motorists mo mo- mo- mo to skid dizzily Caution Urged City state and county traffic of officers ot- ot joined in urging all drivers to proceed with caution Brunt of the storm was felt on the west slopes of or the Wasatch mountains according to federal weather bureau forecasters They predicted that the bulk atthe of at the snowfall would be over by evening evening evening eve eve- ning that only occasional flurries would occur Monday night anc and that hat Tuesday would be generally fair throughout the state Little change in temperature is expected but the tho tendency will be toward cooler weather The minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum temperature Monday morning was 27 degrees but a minimum between between between be be- tween 10 and 20 degrees is expected Monday night Airplane travel was hampered slightly by tho the storm the Monday morning flight from Los Angeles ending at Milford when tho the ship was forced down there but planes were moving in every other tion liou Precipitation In Salt Lake City for lor the 24 hours ending at 8 a. a m m. Monday was 26 inch he tIme total since January 1 to 24 inches as against a normal of for the entire month City Creek Figures Six inches of ot new snow fell tell at atho atthe ho tho City Creek Sunday night and early Monday five inches at Mountain Dell in Parleys Parley's canyon can can- yon yen and four inches at the mouth of at Big Cottonwood canyon Ganon No report of the Monday morning taU fall at Brighton was received by bythe the ho city water department but two inches of snow fell feU there Sunday Continued on Pace Two Column Six SNOW BLOCKS BLOCKS' 2 STATE ST ROADS ROAD'S C Continued n from Page Palo One Out boosting tho total on t tho g ground to JO 65 63 Inches and increasing tion since October 1 i to 1375 inches in In Salt Lako Lake City precipitation precipitation since October r 1 1 start of the tho water season year has been inches only 17 inch below normal is the closest to normal This precipitation pr pre lp ta l n rep reported in the o city since the first first f few w days day of ot October Ogden had received five Inches of new snow up until 7 a m m.- m. Monday Provo canyon 5 lS inches Bingham 3 inches Logan Eureka n. n Soldier Summit and Terminal 1 inch each according t to reports report from Utah Power ver Sc Light comp company ny Lions Utah Southern Clear Grantsville to the west received only a half halt inch however r and at 8 a. a m. m Monday with snow falling steadily in Salt Lake City southern Utah points r reported ported clear skies Nevada was was bathed In In sunshine s e arid and no st storm rm was reported to the east east of the W Wasatch S m mi mountains i tami at t tCo Co Coalville and Evanston Rain Ral i. i and snow was was In sections of Idaho Oregon and Wash Washington however Level of Utah lake has hOs risen six and seven eighths inches since Jan Jan- January diary uary ry 1 because of ot storms and nd mUd mild thaw of ota ofa a week ago Fred Shelton weather observer at the head pf of t tho the Jordan river and chief er at th the pumping plant re re reported ported Monday B Because c so of this exceptional onal rise rue the level is only four tour I inches ches below that of ot a year ago I The heavy snowfall in this section of the state has hB done much to improve im tm- Jm-I Jm prove the fall grains which received a poor start because of tho the c cold ld dry weather during the last hut two I months' months of ot 1935 |