Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-01-25 | Page 11 | Big Snows Fail to Satisfy Water Needs

Big Jig Snows Fail T To o S Satisfy a I. I IS I Y i X i. i r i Waler Water Needs Content on Mountain Storage Are Areas s Less Les Than last Year 1 Despite heavy snows mows of ot the past few ew days on mountain watersheds of ot northern Utah the outlook fort for irrigation an and culinary water next spring and summer is none none too favorable if figures concerning snowfall and water content on Salt Lake Lae ke watersheds are indicative of th the g general picture At Brighton key area for gaug gaug- ing ng the Salt Lake water outlook a total of 53 inches of snow blanketed the watershed with li water content of 1115 Inches r re reported rod ported H. H K Burton superintendent superintend superintend- ent of ot the city water department Subject to Change As M of ot January 75 inches of snow with a water content tent oCr of inches was as reported at Bright ton The year 20 average of water content of ot snow as as' of January inches said Mr Burton S This picture said laId Mr My Burton Js Is Is subject to change and nd may be changed radically within such a short period as 10 days or two weeks It is not indicative pf pt what the final status may be when the spring thaws thaws' arrive February ordinarily is a month of heavy snows on mountain watersheds according to fore forest sf service records S 'S SAt At Alta from which Salt Lake Lak receives a minor portion of its water supply by way of Little Cottonwood cany canyon n. n only 54 M inches of snow were reported Tuesday compared compared- with 96 inches on January January January Jan Jan- uary 25 1943 T Trace ace of Snow Falls Only a trace of snow fell feU In in InI I Salt Salt Lake City Monday night weather observers reported While the Salt Lake weather bureau office predicted promise of additional snowfall I is subsiding it for foresaw saw colder temperatures as result of ot clearing skies Minimum temperatures Tuesday throughout throughout- the state generally were lower than those recorded Monday with D Dugway gway Tooele county reporting a low of seven degrees Milford Mil ford 22 Delta elta 20 Plymouth 15 and r r Ogden 12 The mercury dropped to 13 d grees early arly Tuesday Tue Ti sd y 1 Monday was 34 d degrees with a alo low of eight S