Show e ew r w Storm Nears for lor Utah s Winter Weary inter Weary Dig Out I s Monday 1 were given a from om snowy weather so sold I Id ld dig out and get ready r p peat performance Tues- Tues I f ill ll highways in Utah re- re lick and dangerous the thenan thenan i nan predicted snow for forin forin forin in Salt Lake City and and west central i tah Highway Patrol said of Dt advising automobile st h st over U U. S. S Highway 40 the he t Strawberry area and Canyon 8 to 13 Inches thing shing dr drifting ting week end lIed led up an average of 13 13 inches of oC snow over caused three highway l scores of less serious ile a accidents c c ide n t s and an estimated to a lonely stretch of road S. S S 30 between Burley Strevell Utah tichfield Lichfield Reports ld reported no new might while five inches I Roads were re- re pen pen and it was reported Id ld weather eather was reported ith the sun shining at atrid nd rid Brigham City areas ed d to three degrees be be- City during the 1 i vicinity of Wendover ether ither was warming up Roads were open but chains were advised ad Highway patrol officials said every attempt is being made to open up U. U S. S S 30 between Strevell and Burley but latest reports said the road still was closed U. U S. S S 30 between Tremonton Tremonton Tre Tre- monton and Strevell was expected expected expected ex ex- to be open Monday l Weather Veather observers reported I that the 91 inches of snow recorded recorded re reo re- re I corded at the airport station since Saturday night brought i cumulative snow depth this winter winter win win- ter to inches surpassing the previous record total as of March 1 4 1949 by 42 inches The airport station See Page 2 Column Columns 3 STORM Continued from Page One Oneter Oneter Oneter ter also registered a new record for March 3 the low Monday 1 being being being be be- I ing five degrees six notches below below below be be- low the previous record low in 1933 He predicted fair Monday with witha a high of 34 over most of the Intermountain region It will be cloudy Monday night Several feet of new snow fell at Alta and Brighton Heavy drifting snow closed the roads to travel but crews were reported reported reported re re- re- re ported working Monday to open them Snow depth at Alta is inches and at Brighton inches Hourly temperatures in Salt L Lake ke City and vicinity Monday were Downtown Airport 1230 am a.m. 22 22 am a.m. 23 19 30 2 am a.m. 21 18 am a.m. 19 15 am a.m. 17 11 am a.m. 16 5 am a.m. 15 6 am a.m. 15 8 am a.m. 20 20 17 am a.m. 26 19 1030 am a.m. 31 22 1130 am a.m. 30 25 1230 pm p.m. 32 27 pm p.m. 32 28 pm p.m. 33 30 |