Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 13 | Heavier Snow Storm Looms

HEAVIER HEA VIER SNOW SNOWSTORM STORM LOOMS Coast Disturbance to Move Into Utah Snow flurries in Salt Lake City Thursday morning were reported by bj bythe the he weather bureau to be the forerunner forerunner fore fore- runner of an expected heavier storm Thursday night and Friday A storm disturbance along along- the northwest coast already has caused precipitation in northern California northern Nevada Neada Idaho Oregon Washington and northwest Wyoming Wyom- Wyom ing ng and is expected to reach Utah The vanguard of or the expected storm torm brought more snow to city watersheds Wednesday Five inches fell ell at Brighton raising the stand to o 4 47 7 inches Three inches more fell ell during the night City Creek received two and three three- quarters quarters inches Mou Mountain DelI Dell three iree and Big Cottonwood one Utah Power and Light com company pan stations reported the following snowfall up to 7 a. a m. m Thursday Ogden half an inch Logan half an n inch Bingham one inch Provo seven even inches Soldier Summit two and nd one-half one inches It was still snowing snowing- at 7 a a. m m. at nt Eureka Provo Ogden Logan and andall andall all 11 southern Idaho stations the company reported Airline travel to the north north- north we vet cst t and west was disrupted with planes lanes scheduled to leave in the early arly morning for Great Falls Portland Portland Port- Port land and and San Francisco still held at atthe atthe the ic airport shortly before noon Air travel to Los Angeles and andic the ic east was unaffected With cloud cloudy skies temperatures continued upward The local minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum early Thursday morning was 24 4 degrees seven degrees above I Ve Wednesdays Wednesday's low and 10 above Tuesdays sA s A degree 30 temperature at Coalville Coalville Coal- Coal ville ille Thursday at 8 a. a m. m was 48 degrees above that of Tuesday I morning when the mercury dropped to o 18 degrees below zero I. I Strong Strong- winds drifting the new sno snow now threatened to halt traffic on II U. U S S. S highway No 91 in Sardine canyon canon between Brigham City and Wellsville More than a foot of snow had fallen alien on the summit and all Unnecessary unnecessary un- un necessary traffic was being turned back ack on the Cache Valley side Cars were vere being taken through high drifts rifts in caravans led b by caterpillar caterpillarS S snowplows lows