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Show anw Mesas nnn.ommeirait TTsnlkeEH. BBv IFFsitrT flwi(i? AiEEiual Ilepifs Snrveys Indicate priiig Acad M5siiiaeF?s Stream Flow . Rangers Find Little Frost Under Snow At Three Summits Tested On Monday, March 3Qth the snow measurements were made on both the Garden City Summit and the Emigration Summit snow courses. These measurements are made an- nually on or about April 1 of each J year over measured and marked j courses and when compared to past years' measurements serve as a valuable guide in predicting runoff run-off and the resulting stream flow. In the following table the measurements meas-urements for this year are given j as well as those of last year and j also the last five year average so that comparisons may be made. Garden City Summit Average snow depth; 1942, 43.5 inches; water content, 14.05 inches; inch-es; 1941, 3S.7; water, 12.8; 5 year average snow depth, 48.3; water, 1C.2; 1942 per cent av., snow, 90 per cent; water S7 per cent. Emigration Summit Average snow depth, 1942, 51.0 inches; water content 18.9; 1941, 47.5; water 17.7; 5 year av., snow 55.3; water, 19.3; 1942 per av., 98 per cent. These snow measurements along with many others in the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain region are made under the direction of the Utah State Ex-periment Ex-periment station, Utah State Engi-neer, Engi-neer, U. S. Weater Bureau and U. S. Forest Service, cooperating and serve as an accurate sources of information as to snow conditions condi-tions at this date. At each station the snow depth is measured and a core extracted and weighed. Enough of these samples are taken to provide a good average for the course. There was no frost found under the snow and only a small amount of melting had occurred at the courses. The surveys this year were made by Forest Ranger Jay B. Hann and .... Forest Guard Bart Satterthwaite. The water content of the snow cover in Franklin basin this year measures 17.8 inches as compared with 15.4 in 1941, 21.8 in 1940, and 20.4 ill 1939. The snow cover generally gen-erally over northern Utah is slightly slight-ly in excess of that in 1941 with a heavier low cover Higher spring-run-off can be expected as a result re-sult -of the heavy fall rains a better bet-ter late season flow can also be expected. Normal spring precipitation precipi-tation and the present snow cover will yield a total water supply lesb than 1941 because of the capioua rains during spring of 1941 and the following summer. |