Show VISITS SOUTHEAST UTAH one of the most protracted storms that has visited southeastern utah in many years was experienced during the past week rain and snow has fallen every day and in the higher country the depth of snow ranges all the way from two to five feet at moab the moisture fell in the form of rain the total precipitation of the storm to date amounting to 86 of an inch the weather is still unsettled with the possibility that there will be further precipitation before the storm period passes at monticello ahalt two feet of new snow has ha s fallen and as a result the roads are closed to everything but sled traffic the trucks are able to get as far as the carlisle ranch where the loads are transfer red to sleds for delivery on to monticello it has also been necessary to resort to sleds to carry the mail from fonticella Mont icella to blanding roads everywhere are muddy and traffic of all kinds has been slowed up the storm will result in delaying operations at a number of oil well tests in the san juan district as truck transportation from monticello south will be halted for some time the precipitation at moab during the first half of the february hag to inches it has been the wettest record cd at the local weather observatory for many years the storm will be of untold benc fit to range and crops during the coming season the for dry twining is especially promising |