| Show Weekend Storms Aid Forecast For Water Year Weekend storms in the Vernal area improved the water pie pie- tore ture but unless April May lay and June are wet as they were last year the outlook is still just a fair water year THIS WAS the report Tuesday by Lorin Hunt conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service Sere Ser vice Tuesday morning a rotary snowplow was operating on the Vernal Manila Highway 15 miles north of Vernal and road crews said that this was most unusual for this late in the season Mr Hunt said that during the weekend Grizzly Ridge rain gauge caught inches of wa wa- water tel ter for a total catch for the month of inches The Burnt Creek rain gauge caught 64 inches of water for a March catch of inches MR HUNT reported the snow pack at 80 percent of the long long- longtime time average at April Apr 1 lie He said there had been three months of below average precipitation and if this pattern con con- continues continues there will be only a fair water year Last year April May and an d June were very wet which made 1964 a good water year and if the area gets average or average above precipitation duro dur- during ing these months 1965 should be bea bea a good water year also he said I |
