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Show Snow on Watershed Well Above j 1956 Measurements Snow measurements taken on Cedar Mountain on Dec. 30, 1957, revealed an unusually high snow pack with better than average wa'er content, according to Del-bert Del-bert Hansen and Tom L. Evans, of the Soil Conservation Service. Snow depths and water contents con-tents at the three courses measured meas-ured were all higher than those taken for the past two years. The Midway course showed a snow depth of 45.8 inches with 14 inches of water content. This compares to 30 inches of snow and 9.4 inches of wa'er in 195u. In 1955 snow depth was 23.1 inches in-ches with only 3.9 inches of water. wa-ter. Webster Flat recorded 8.5 inches inch-es of water in 29 inches of sno'v. Water content for 1956 at this course was 5.6 inches and in 1955 It was 2.5 inches. Snow depths in the two preceding ye.-j-s wore also less. Urie Flat showed 11 Inches of snow with 3.5 inches of water while in 1956 at the same date there was no measurable snow. However 1955 showed 9.8 inches of snow with .9 of an inch of wa'er content. These high figures are caused by an unusually high snow fall during the month of November. December saw very few storms and the extremely dry candition in the lower elevations is quite deceiving to the over-all water picture, it was pointed out. |