Show Cold Forecast for State In Wake of Storm r i That January thaw usually considered the first preview I of spring apparently is only a myth this year Salt Lakers decided decided decided de de- de- de I 1 Monday as they considered three-fourths three of February ry is I gone and there still is no break in the winter weather A new storm swooped down on I the state Sunday to whiten landscapes landscapes landscapes land land- make streets and highways slick bring added assurance of an I adequate water supply for next summer and give a taste of the type of weather George I Washington had at Valley Forge Forgeas as the nation observed the anniversary of his birth Forecast Continued Cold An official United States weather er bureau forecast passed by military military military mili mili- tary censors predicted continued cold with the minimum in the Salt Lake area near 5 degrees above zero by Tuesday morning Maximum temperature Sunday in Salt Lake City was 38 degrees the minimum 23 and the mean 30 6 below normal Total snowfall in the period starting at p p. m. m Saturday and ending Sunday night was 5 inches in Salt Lake City with 44 inch precipitation yielded This brought total precipitation for the month to inches or 33 above normal Weather bureau comment was limited to Our Sunday afternoon forecast has been ben verified i Snow m Blocks Roads Highways to Alta AUa and Brighton resorts were snow-clogged snow Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day night Wasatch national forest reports indicated the Alta AUa road would be closed Monday while the road to Brighton was to be made passable by noon Alta AUa has inches of snow on the ground and Brighton 92 inches State highway and city and county road crews w worked o 0 r k ked e d throughout the night with snow scrapers cindering machines and I Iother other storm equipment L I |