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Show Rainfall Report Shows Increase In checking over the precipitation for the various weather observation stations within and adjacent to the Manti forest, some interesting variations varia-tions are shown. At Emery in 1929, for the months of April to October, inclusive, a total of 3.49 inches was recorded, while for 1930 it was 8.61 inches. At Price the total for 1929 for the same period was 8.02 inches, while for 1930 it was 8.37 inches. At the Great Basin Experiment station, for W29 the total was 10.45 inches, while for 1930 is was 17.10. At the Alpine station, which is on top of the mountain, moun-tain, tne total for 1929 was 8.91 inches, while for 1930 it was 9.98. At the Oaks station just above the forest for-est boundary, for 1929 the total was 8.72 inches and for 1930 was 11.19. At Manti for 1929 the total was 6.13 inches, and for 1930 it was 9.71. It would appear that the figures for the Alpine station are unreliable. This is due, it is thought, to the fact that the rain in falling is driven by the winds, missing the container, since it does not seem probable that there would be nearly double the rainfall at the Experiment station that there is on the top of the mountain. It seems probable also that there has been much heavier rainfall on the top of the mountain than there was at the stations in the valleys on either side of the forest. |